Both sell their wares for exorbitant prices. The artist Gerhard Richter, who has sold works for over $10 million apiece at auction, isn't afraid to point it out:
It’s just as absurd as the banking crisis … It’s impossible to understand and it’s daft.
Felix Salmon elaborates:
One thing that bankers and painters have in common is that their services are Veblen-like: the more expensive they become, the more demand there is for what they do. Someone like Adam Lindemann who would evince no interest in an artwork priced at $500 can suddenly become very eager when it’s $500,000. And the phrase "reassuringly expensive" might have been designed to reflect the pricing strategies of banks looking to provide M&A advice to CEOs.
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