80.4 Million Paid for a Monet

Recently, Le Bassin aux Nymphéas was auctioned off for a cool 80.4 million dollars... While I understand the importance of 'rarity', and get the fact that living artists can continue to produce new works, which only hurts their value at auction. Wouldn't it be nice to see more living artists fetch these ridiculous sums of money?
NY Times Story

Or is not being 'appreciated' in the financial sense while alive, almost an accepted part of the occupation?

The New Adventures of Old BoundlessGallery.com

Last week I had a pleasant chat with long-time Boundless member, supporter and wonderful artist, Janeice Silberman. At some point I was reminded of a site that has a feature called "The Way-Back Machine", which saves snapshots of websites periodically over time.

Without further ado here is a walk down Boundless memory lane.
(Click titles for larger images):


BoundlessGallery.com - 2003

---

BoundlessGallery.com - 2004

---

BoundlessGallery.com - 2005

---

BoundlessGallery.com - 2006

---

BoundlessGallery.com - 2008

---

As a student I studied Philosophy and recall one theory about the "illusion of progress". I do not recall the author but I think it was Hobbes or Hume. The idea was that we often go about doing things and get a sense of progress that doesn't really exist. Obviously, I disagree, especially in the specific case of BoundlessGallery.com. As always feel free to share your thoughts and opinions, and if anyone knows the philosopher I was referring to, please confirm or correct me.

Art Related "TV" Online Today

In just a short awhile, 2PM EST there is a scheduled broadcast at Afremov.com. The site is dedicated to an artist, Leonid Afremov, whose works are available on Boundless. At the moment I don't have further info on today's scheduled programing, but if your up for some "channel surfing", check it out.