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「見えない芸術」は、カナダCBCのポッドキャストで作成された皮肉ネタで現実のものではない。

This is NOT a real thing. As Snopes points out, it’s a satire piece created by “This Is That” a podcast produced by CBC. The satire was lost on many people as it was shared unscrupulously on social media. In fact, Lana Newstrom doesn’t even exist.



[ DoubtfulNews (2014/09/30) ]

オリジナルは2010年6月に撮影された素材写真だった。

我々がこの手のジョークに引っかかるのは別に奇異なことではない。しかし、期せずして、我々がいかに金持ちを嫌っていて、笑いものにしたがっているかを示したと、Jonathan Jonesは指摘する。

So, given that if anything Lana Newstrom’s art is a bit staid and behind the times, it is not so strange that people were fooled by the hoax. On the other hand, what they took from it is revealing. It shows how much we hate the rich.
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If only it were. I want to see those rich art snobs suffer, too. But not only is this story a hoax – it also appears to be untrue that collectors will pay a fortune for the non-existent. For when Christie’s tried to auction Creed’s Work No 127: The Lights Going On and Off for £70,000 earlier this year it did not sell.

[ Jonathan Jones:"Invisible art: the gallery hoax that shows how much we hate the rich" (2014/09/30) on the Guardian ]

そして、現実には「非存在」な現代芸術に大金を支払う者がいないという。