Art has always been about originality. Every brushstroke, every idea, every detail is a projection of the artist’s vision and imagination. For centuries owning a painting meant owning a piece of that vision, making it rare and unique. The very premise of owning art lies in its subjectivity to the consumer and attachment or meaning to such artifacts. But what happens when that very essence of uniqueness is stripped away? When an artwork that was meant to be one of a kind is suddenly sold throughout the world for a fraction of the cost? The institution of artistic ownership crumbles down into pieces.
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