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š„ Alvaro minutes: Tasteful Chaos Is Back + ErroĢ
Plus, $600K Schad > hype.
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š„ Words I Like: Taste, Vibes, Chaos
Tasteful Chaos Is Back, and Itās About Time
Last weekās auctions proved it. The herd mentality is dead. Magritte and Ruscha did their thing, whatever, but the real show was collectors going rogue. A $600K Christian Schad shattered expectations, while unsold Basquiats raised eyebrows.
Itās not just the big names. Phillips pulled $127K for Li Hei Diāproof that collectors are done playing safe. Niche is thriving.
Why it matters: For collectors, itās open season on curating something that doesnāt scream, āI read one blog post.ā For the market? Pure anarchy. Standout lots soar, middle-tier crap flops. No narrative, no sales.
The moral: The next flex isnāt what you own. Itās why you own it. Skip the trends, skip the noise. Taste beats hype every time.
P.S. TikTok trends die in days. Personal taste just flipped a $600K Schad to over $3M. Do the math.
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-Todayās Catch-
Erró (Gudmundur Gudmundsson)

Erró, Part of the cace, 2014
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š My 2 Cents: Erró is in his bag here. This piece is absolute narrative figuration masterclassāsatirical, surreal, and razor-sharp. The machine-like figures chopping up the pink "Erró" meat? Consumerism, power structures, exploitation. Loud, and dripping with his signature pop aesthetic. This isnāt just artāitās a mic drop.
š Key Numbers: Erróās market is... curious. 68% sell-through rate, $9,487 average price. Pretty accessible compared to his ā60s narrative figuration peers. But his 1960s-70s works pull a 65% premium over newer ones. This 2014 piece itting in the lower bracket for now. But the subjectāconsumerism, exploitationāthose are forever relevant. Timeless themes + cultural reckoning = value surge potential. Oh, and oil on canvas? Already packing a 49% premium over works on paper.
š§ Why Itās a Smart Pick: Erró does what few canāturns societal chaos into a visual spectacle. Museums like MoMA and Pompidou donāt collect his work for nothing. Itās thought-provoking, confrontational, evergreen. This is a conversation starter and maybe even a stealth purchase for someone savvy enough to clock how relevant this kind of critique is right now.
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