QUANTO VALE A ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA?¹

ABSTRACT

The article analyzes the heating of the contemporary art market in the last decades in Brazil through the recent transformations of the business which is increasingly oriented by financial capital. In general financialization scenario, it is necessary to reset the problem of art – as a commodity and as a cultural heritage, oscillating between the public and the private.

Keywords:
contemporary art; art market; value; monopoly rent