The Price of Everything

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The Price of Everything
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Directed by Nathaniel Kahn
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Bob Richman
Edited by Sabine Krayenbühl
Music by Jeff Beal
Distributed by HBO Documentary Films
Release date
  • 19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)(Sundance Film Festival)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Price of Everything is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Nathaniel Kahn and produced by Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch, Carla Solomon and Katharina Otto-Bernstein for HBO. [2] [3]

Contents

The film features interviews with people prominently involved in contemporary art and the market for it, including; artists Jeff Koons, Larry Poons, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Gerhard Richter, George Condo, Marilyn Minter art dealer Gavin Brown, Sotheby's executive vice president Amy Cappellazzo, auctioneer Simon de Pury, collectors Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson and Inga Rubenstein, and art critic Jerry Saltz. [4] [5]

The film takes its title from a quote from the 1892 Oscar Wilde play  Lady Windermere's Fan delivered on screen by art collector Stefan Edlis: "There are a lot of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing". [6] [7] [8]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResultRef
2018 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Documentary Competition (Grand Jury Prize)Nominated [9] [10]
2019 News and Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Arts & Culture DocumentaryNominated [11]

See also

References

  1. Schneider, Tim (October 31, 2018). "'The Price of Everything' Has a Vision of the Art Market to Sell You. Don't Buy It" . Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  2. DeFore, John (January 25, 2018). "'The Price of Everything': Film Review Sundance 2018". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. Gleiberman, Owen. "Film Review: 'The Price of Everything'" . Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  4. "In the Price of Everything, a Look at How Money Makes the Art World Go Round". October 18, 2018.
  5. "The Price of Everything review – elusive portrait of art-world prestige". TheGuardian.com . November 16, 2018.
  6. "Review: 'The Price of Everything' Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art". October 16, 2018.
  7. "'The Price of Everything' Has a Vision of the Art Market to Sell You. Don't Buy It". Artnet News. October 31, 2018.
  8. Scott, A. O. (October 16, 2018). "Review: 'The Price of Everything' Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art". The New York Times.
  9. "Sundance 2018 Deals: The Complete List of Festival Purchases So Far". indiewire.com. January 18, 2018.
  10. "HBO Documentary Films Acquires 'The Price Of Everything' Ahead Of Sundance Premiere". Deadline Hollywood . January 16, 2018.
  11. "NOMINEES FOR THE 40th ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED – The Emmys". July 25, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.