The Kill Room

00:29:44,512 --> 00:29:46,816 but he's setting up our new NFT division 609 00:29:46,945 --> 00:29:48,096 so he stayed behind. 610 00:29:48,223 --> 00:29:50,111 -Ah, the New Art market bubble. 611 00:29:50,239 --> 00:29:51,585 Alan Myer's son has one. 612 00:29:51,712 --> 00:29:55,039 -It is so great seeing you both here, Patrice. 613 00:29:55,167 --> 00:29:56,831 I mean, I have to apologize, 614 00:29:56,959 --> 00:29:59,103 I just haven't seen you at any of the events in a while. 615 00:29:59,232 --> 00:30:00,992 I just was under the impression you weren't 616 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:02,176 coming tonight. 617 00:30:02,305 --> 00:30:03,776 -Well, surprises are fun. 618 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:05,952 -I just thought the gallery wasn't doing well 619 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:07,327 since Sebastian-- 620 00:30:07,456 --> 00:30:09,087 -Oh, well, she just closed this huge deal 621 00:30:09,215 --> 00:30:11,616 on a painting from the Bagman, so... 622 00:30:12,576 --> 00:30:13,600 -The Bagman? 623 00:30:14,239 --> 00:30:16,063 Is that a sub-genre offshoot 624 00:30:16,192 --> 00:30:18,815 of the Pictures Generation Movement? 625 00:30:19,007 --> 00:30:22,943 -Well, sort of a raw contemporary collection 626 00:30:23,072 --> 00:30:25,567 with an urban sensibility and a low-fi aesthetic. 627 00:30:25,696 --> 00:30:26,783 -Well, I can show you. 628 00:30:26,976 --> 00:30:28,767 I have it on Art Binder right here. 629 00:30:28,896 --> 00:30:29,920 Here just hold this. 630 00:30:33,311 --> 00:30:35,552 Perfect, right here. 631 00:30:36,991 --> 00:30:38,911 -It's so...ornate. -Ugly. 632 00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:40,352 -I mean the artist doesn't have the kind of 633 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,529 refined process that you're used to seeing, 634 00:30:42,655 --> 00:30:45,663 but some collectors really gravitate towards pieces 635 00:30:45,791 --> 00:30:47,583 that are more unfashioned. 636 00:30:47,711 --> 00:30:50,209 -And you say it already sold? 637 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,032 -Or maybe it's just on hold? 638 00:30:52,672 --> 00:30:53,952 -You look great in that color. 639 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,439 - It sold, yeah. 640 00:30:57,696 --> 00:30:58,496 -At? 641 00:30:58,624 --> 00:30:59,809 -150 thousand. 642 00:30:59,935 --> 00:31:03,359 -Isn't that rather high for an emerging artist? 643 00:31:03,489 --> 00:31:04,800 -We better get our seats. 644 00:31:05,023 --> 00:31:06,464 We're at table five. 645 00:31:06,687 --> 00:31:08,096 Anika, you on the dais, hon? 646 00:31:09,631 --> 00:31:11,839 -I'm at table 35. 647 00:31:14,335 --> 00:31:15,136 -Shall we? 648 00:31:15,265 --> 00:31:16,767 Yes, ah, great. 649 00:31:17,056 --> 00:31:17,952 - Let me get those. 650 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:19,040 Thank you. 651 00:31:19,551 --> 00:31:22,015 That was awesome, I cannot wait to ask Matthew 652 00:31:22,143 --> 00:31:23,391 what Anika said after all that. 653 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:25,055 -How do you know so much about that sale? 654 00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:26,400 -Oh, well you're always telling me 655 00:31:26,529 --> 00:31:28,063 to keep the database organized, so. 656 00:31:28,191 --> 00:31:29,823 -When did you scan it into the Art Binder? 657 00:31:29,951 --> 00:31:31,296 -Oh yeah, no offense, 658 00:31:31,424 --> 00:31:33,248 but it hasn't exactly been crazy busy, you know. 659 00:31:33,376 --> 00:31:34,527 -Oh no, no, it's fine. 660 00:31:34,655 --> 00:31:35,743 It's fine, but just for the moment, 661 00:31:35,871 --> 00:31:38,495 can we just keep that sale on the DL? 662 00:31:38,623 --> 00:31:40,160 - Why? 663 00:31:40,287 --> 00:31:41,536 It's like the biggest thing we've had since I've been here. 664 00:31:41,663 --> 00:31:43,072 -The artist is very private 665 00:31:43,199 --> 00:31:44,736 and he doesn't know me very well. 666 00:31:44,864 --> 00:31:49,407 So, we're trying to establish the dealer-artist trust bond. 667 00:31:50,336 --> 00:31:52,960 -Okay, sorry. Shouldn't have... 668 00:31:53,087 --> 00:31:54,560 -We just need to control his introduction 669 00:31:54,687 --> 00:31:55,807 to the marketplace. 670 00:31:55,936 --> 00:31:58,879 Too much exposure too soon could be... 671 00:32:00,033 --> 00:32:01,216 detrimental. 672 00:32:12,127 --> 00:32:13,473 -I'm sorry, 673 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,296 we don't have any work from the Bagman available. 674 00:32:31,327 --> 00:32:33,183 -Art revolution? 675 00:32:40,063 --> 00:32:41,183 -There's not a wait list 676 00:32:41,313 --> 00:32:42,304 'cause there's nothing to wait for. 677 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,976 - <i>It's all hush-hush,</i> <i>I don't know anything.</i> 678 00:32:55,455 --> 00:32:56,832 -That's crazy. 679 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:58,497 - <i>Patrice is acting</i> <i>really weird.</i> 680 00:32:58,624 --> 00:32:5