Money & Art

“This is not a course about the art market, nor is it a manual for financial management. It is an inquiry into the foundational, often invisible, structures that link two of humanity’s most potent symbolic systems: art and money. At their core, both are forms of cultural inscription, their value derived not from intrinsic utility but from a shared, and often unspoken, social consensus. They are, in essence, theatres of belief.”

Originally developed and taught as GE1127; the online synthesis was written by GPT-4.5 with Johnston in July 2025 from the 2014 slides, which are available on the page as PDFs.

Elsewhere

• Documentation and full work 2025