State of the art. Part 2: Value

VALUE: On a journey through the art world in Germany and the United States, the film asks two closely related questions. How does a work of art acquire its aesthetic worth - who decided today whether it is good or not? And how does it gain financial worth - who says one canvas is worth more than a fortune and another next to nothing?

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Credits

producer/director

Geoff Dunlop

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300273

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1986

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