Access to Art Uncorrupted by the Market

Randy Kennedy’s excellent story in the New York Times covering the adaptation of the community-supported agriculture idea for local artists in St. Paul, Lincoln, Pittsburgh, Miami and Fargo (soon to be in Brooklyn too) has this wonderfully hopeful bit of paranoia considering that the overwhelming volume of art that is created has no secondary market:

There were some initial worries about whether established collectors would become involved and buy multiple shares as a way to place relatively inexpensive bets on up-and-coming artists, Ms. Zabel said. But the programs are appearing to remain fairly uncorrupted that way. They tend chiefly to attract young people, she said, and those whom “I would describe as my parents,” she said. “Their children are grown and gone, and they’re kind of interested in reinvesting in their community and getting involved with something.”

Buy Local Gets Creative (NYTimes)