c/memes · by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 2yCool. Not a moment too soon. 711 points · 14 comments · view on lemmy.world
14 Comments
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 35 pts · 2y
Art investors prefer art by dead artists, they can't do anything unexpected once they're dead.
empireOfLove@lemmy.one · 22 pts · 2y
They also can't produce anything new, which means the now limited resource can only appreciate in value.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 2y
Artist: *Returns from dead*
Investors: :O
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 2y
NorthWestWind@iusearchlinux.fyi · 9 pts · 2y
"Sike!"
shreds your painting
lugal@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
It's not unheard of that diaries pop up that shed a different light to a person long after their death
DrCatface@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 2y
it's the same w musicians, prince, michael jackson etc all made squillions after death. being an artist is a v dangerous profession
lugal@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Alone the tickets to his last tour are worth much more even tho it didn't happen
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Hp Lovecraft becoming a foundation of multiple genres....50+ years after dying in poverty.
RIP... especially his cat 🐈⬛️
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Well he was a super-racist asshole, so I'm not too torn up that he wasn't wealthy.
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Cosmic justice
pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 2y
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 11 pts · 2y
Imagine faking your death and then seeing your art not increase in value
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 2y
Just need to wait it out a while longer... just a while longer...
pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
Pointtwogo@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
The artists looking at the wealth on their graves be like: