The Price of Everything | |
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Directed by | Nathaniel Kahn |
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Cinematography | Bob Richman |
Edited by | Sabine Krayenbühl |
Music by | Jeff Beal |
Distributed by | HBO Documentary Films |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Language | English |
The Price of Everything is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Nathaniel Kahn and produced by Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch, Carla Solomon and Katharina Otto-Bernstein for HBO.[2][3]
The film features interviews with people prominently involved in contemporary art and the market for it, including; artists Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Gerhard Richter, George Condo, Marilyn Minter art dealer Gavin Brown, Sotheby's executive vice president Amy Cappellazzo, auctioneer Simon de Pury, collectors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson and Inga Rubenstein, and art critic Jerry Saltz.[4][5]
The film takes its title from a quote from the 1892 Oscar Wilde play Lady Windermere's Fan delivered on screen by art collector Stefan Edlis: "There are a lot of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing".[6][7][8]