'Artsnight' looks at the art market
October 16 2015
Picture: BBC
The BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz (above right) has made an 'Artsnight' programme looking into the art market. I'm in it briefly, doing my bit on behalf of Old Masters. The programme is on tonight (Friday) on BBC2 at 11pm, and will be on iPlayer shortly afterwards. Here's the blurb:
For his edition of Artsnight, BBC arts editor Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market. He meets collectors, philanthropists and multi-millionaires pursuing their passion for art, and asks whether record-breaking sales are a good thing or damaging creativity. Arguing for better regulations in the art market, he finds out why you can buy an Old Master for a fraction of the price of contemporary art. He talks to Nobel Prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk about his vision for a new type of museum and meets the 89-year-old grandmother of contemporary art - Delfina Entrecanales - who for 40 years has quietly nurtured a generation of British artists, including more than a dozen Turner Prize nominees.
I can report that Will is an extremely nice fellow, and has a terrific breadth of knowledge.
