A Taste of Modern Art.
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How to waste money This post in about work in the 1990s You will see what I mean about some museums wasting money - as I mentioned in the post - The Beauty of Steam - I was working in Bristol City Museum at the time of this post. I was transporting a painting with Francis Greenacre from the store to the Modern Art display on the first floor, I looked at the painting, and said, "How much did you pay for this painting, Francis?" He replied, "7, 000 pounds, Alan." I looked closer at what I was holding, and commented, "You ARE joking!" "No, that is what we paid." What was I holding? A picture of a beautiful lady, a bird in flight, no. I was holding a 4 feet by 8 feet piece of matt white hessian. I glanced at the painting, and made a ball park estimate. Using the price guide of the time, I reckoned the painter's costs to be £100 at the utmost. To give that some perspective, at the time, that was about eight mon...