Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The next big thing / a documentary by Frank van den Engel ; a Zeppers film production in co-production with NTR ; script & director, Frank van den Engel.

Edition:

[DVD-R edition], Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Brooklyn, New York : Icarus Films Home Video, [2014]

Description:

1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Prices for contemporary art are going through the roof despite the lousy economic situation in general. Internet, the growing number of rich individuals and globalization have changed the art market beyond recognition. Has contemporary art become a commodity in the hands of the super rich private collectors? This film investigates the ins and outs of the soaring art market and the consequences for artists, dealers, museums and for art history.

Subjects:

Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Economic aspects.

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Economic aspects.

Art as an investment.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Cappellazzo, Amy, commentator.

Kittelmann, Udo, commentator.

Engel, Frank van den, screenwriter, film director, interviewer.