When the Church patroned art, they aimed to elevate souls—and it worked. People still travel across the world to stand in awe beneath those ceilings and sculptures.
King Francis I of France gave Leonardo da Vinci a dignified final chapter, recognizing the spirit behind the technique.
The CIA, in one of its more ironic plot twists, fought the Cold War with Pollock, Rothko, and De Kooning—backing contemporary art to showcase freedom over Soviet conformity.
When Charles Saatchi helped launch Damien Hirst, it wasn’t just money—it was about concept, media savvy, and a grasp of art’s evolving narrative.
Now?
We're under finance bros at a comicon convention, hoping “trickle down culture” from PFP rug pulls will fund something meaningful.
This is not a renaissance. This is a liquidation sale with cosplay.
This isn’t a movement.
It’s artistic suffocation—brightly lit, algorithmically sanctioned, and conceptually vacant.
This isn’t innovation.
It’s artistic suffocation—slow and cheerful, under the guise of progress.
Send help.
Save our ships.
Save our souls.
SOS.
1/1 on Series: ”Things You Think and Believe but Can’t Say Inside the Arts"
Comes with a physical signed print if the collector is willing to pay cost + postal
