在一个可以公开讨论被禁止的话题的时代,为什么金钱和艺术之间的关系仍然是,也许是最后的禁忌话题?答案可以追溯到5个世纪之前。由于艺术家向他们的赞助人开出的价钱在意大利文艺复兴时期增加了,他们拥有了新的社会地位,但是艺术家不应该公开谈论金钱的传统仍然约束着他们。这种文艺复兴时期的理想,一直延续到现代,在19世纪晚期随着艺术市场的发展,艺术品的价格成为批评家和公众公开讨论的话题。帕伯罗·毕加索私下里使用精明的商业策略积聚了大量的财富,但是他和其他成功的艺术家都小心翼翼不触及关于金钱的禁忌,对他们的作品的市场情况保持沉默。 In an era where open discussion of banned topics is possible, why is the relationship between money and art still and perhaps the last taboo topic? The answer dates back more than five centuries. Since the prices that artists put out to their patrons increased during the Italian Renaissance, they possessed new social status, but artists should not bind them openly about the money tradition. This Renaissance ideal continued into the modern era. With the development of the art market in the late 19th century, the price of art became a topic of public discussion among critics and the public. Pablo Picasso secretly used a wealth of business tactics to accumulate wealth, but he and other successful artists were cautious about taboos on money and remained silent on the market conditions of their work.