Art and Geography

Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?
Every so often someone releases one of those “only 1 in 24 11th graders could find New York on a map” reports to try to make us all feel stupid and pretty disappointed with ourselves. Last Tuesday was that day. But for once I am legitimately horrified because the state no one could identify was Louisiana.

How Much Did You Say?
A Picasso sold for $95 million recently. That would be a whole lot of bikes for missionaries. You have to wonder it there’s something ethically wrong with paying that much money for a canvas. But then you have to consider that percentage-wise, a billionaire dropping that is probably less of a stretch for him than buying my car was for me.

So how much is art worth? My Dad is a connoisseur of horses and an expert on matters of horse trading. He has always said that a horse is technically only worth 45 cents a pound but truly worth “whatever you can get somebody to pay for it.” Maybe art’s the same way.