"I drop $10K on paintings": collector argues $4,500 commissions aren't overpriced, taste match is the bottleneck
Linahuaa · x · 2026-10-30
- Responding to complaints that $4,500 art commissions are too expensive, the author — who says he spent $10K on a painting and $30K on a couch — argues the real bottleneck is finding talented artists who also share the buyer's taste, not the price itself.
- He likens art to fine dining: most people lack the money and/or taste for it, and those who don't can simply enjoy AI-generated images instead. A notable AI-circle debate on human art vs. AI generation.
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