Guía del Banquero sobre el Mercado del Arte

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WVi9XNY4plg

Este documental de la BBC (estrenado la pasada semana) busca ofrecer una visión menos «reverencial» sobre realidad financiera del mercado del arte a nivel global.

«This programme was not ironic, humorous or in any way lighthearted. I’m fairly sure of that, but worry that perhaps I’ve missed the joke. A withering take-down or a meaty exposé of the corruption and excess of the extremely wealthy would have served a purpose, but this did neither. It pretended to offer a salacious glimpse behind closed doors but instead delivered a congratulatory slap on the back to the villains we love to hate – it seemed, in fact, to be a straightforward “Banker’s Guide to the Art Market”.

Nevertheless, the realisation that the narrator was Stephen Mangan, the actor who played Lexus-loving Dan in Alan Partridge, seemed an indication, if somewhat leftfield, that this was a film made with a barely-stifled snigger. And Jeffrey Archer, surely there for his comedy value alone, only gave credibility to the idea that this was in fact satire: “I’ll make a statement now concerning the buying of pictures which you’ll have to think about for a few seconds”, he began. Tense anticipation followed. “I can’t afford my own pictures. If they came on the market I couldn’t afford to buy them, the prices have just gone, in some cases … STUPID!”