Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

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my Picasso
Mind
on what you know about
Depending
and exclusive art collections,
billionaires
might be surprised to learn
you
many famous works of fine
that
are housed on superyachts,
art
floating mansions of the
the
rich. Some of these
extremely
have made the news
artworks
surprising reasons, such as
for
Jean-Michel Basquiat painting
a
was damaged by breakfast
that
after an unnamed
cereal
children threw
billionaire’s
at it “because they
cornflakes
it was scary” (Mather-
thought
quoted in Neate 2019).
Lees
we do not know exactly
While
painting it was, a Basquiat
which
of a crazed skull-shaped
painting
sold at auction for
face
million in 2017. The
$110.5
crew made the damage
yachts’
when they tried to wipe
worse
the cornflakes.
off
to Pandora Mather-
According
an art historian and
Lees,
some of these
conservator,
have “better
superyachts
than some national
collections
and the owners “want
museums”,
of art is a complex topic, and
Ownership
can perform a variety of roles including
owners
protector, benefactor and investor of
steward,
artworks. Part of that complexity is
significant
guests come on board” (Mather-Lees
when
in Neate 2019). However, yachts may
quoted
less secure than museums and, even if they
be
not, private collectors are free to do what
are
please with works of art. A painting by the
they
artist Takashi Murakami, for example,
modern
reportedly cut into three pieces on the
was
of its owner to make it fit
request
to the jet skis at the back of the
next
yacht.
Mansour bin Zayed
Sheikh
owner of the UK’s
al-Nahyan,
City Football Club
Manchester
of 2020) and Deputy Prime
(as
of the United Arab
Minister
is known to have several
Emirates,
works of art on his
hundred
million superyacht Topaz.
$440
To what extent should access to
1.
cultural and artistic heritage
the
humanity be guaranteed for
of
everyone?
What is lost when great
2.
that are privately
artworks
Who should be accountable for
3.
loss, and to whom?
the
Loew by Gustav Klimt
Gerta
is reportedly held on board the Aviva, a
(1902)
includes paintings such as Triptych 1974–1977
it
Francis Bacon and works by Matisse and
by
for people earning an average income
expensive
afford to own the kinds of prized artworks
to
trade at auction. Perhaps financial and
that
innovations could partly solve this
technological
II. Perspectives
II. Perspectives
For reflection and discussion
Superyacht art collections
superyachtart
owned get damaged?
Figure 10.6
$250 million super yacht owned by the billionaire
Joe Lewis. Lewis describes his onboard
collection as one of the largest in the world, and
Picasso.
to show off their art collection
problem.
the issue of access to ownership, as it can be too
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