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Art investors prefer art by dead artists, they can’t do anything unexpected once they’re dead.

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Artist: *Returns from dead*

Investors: :O

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1 point

Domp it

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22 points

They also can’t produce anything new, which means the now limited resource can only appreciate in value.

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9 points

“Sike!”

shreds your painting

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It’s not unheard of that diaries pop up that shed a different light to a person long after their death

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it’s the same w musicians, prince, michael jackson etc all made squillions after death. being an artist is a v dangerous profession

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Alone the tickets to his last tour are worth much more even tho it didn’t happen

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12 points

Hp Lovecraft becoming a foundation of multiple genres…50+ years after dying in poverty.

RIP… especially his cat 🐈‍⬛️

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Well he was a super-racist asshole, so I’m not too torn up that he wasn’t wealthy.

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4 points

Cosmic justice

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5 points

The artists looking at the wealth on their graves be like:

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It’s real annoying if you want to use art as a tax dodge/money laundering medium and the stupid artist keeps making more pieces to alter the value

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