Showing posts with label elena kagan. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Does Elena Kagan Not Like Art?

"A story from an old colleague relates that, when Kagan was young and at a private firm, she encountered a young, single partner making $750,000 a year. "So she asked the guy, 'What do you do with all that money?' And he said, 'I buy art.' I remember her telling that story and just shaking her head." MJ Andersen suggests why visual art could be good for judges …"
I like this anecdote, but finding the art market ridiculous is not the same as disliking art...