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Interesting how the final price of the 'art' was just under the total budget for artworks. I wonder how that happened?

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I understand, I'm in the industry. They greedily asked for too much and now they are getting blowback that is going to ruin it for artists in the future.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We don’t know how much profit the artist and their employees actually made.

How much did it cost to just deliver them? That’s a trucking company and crane, and anything that’s going to live out in public means stronger material, secure installation and longer lifespan, than a sculpture in a climate controlled museum with guards and do not touch signs.

Public art is more expensive just to build. Sometimes it also needs insuring and maintenance too. This is just mostly, “I don’t get it so I don’t like it” bullshit.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Insurance! I had a feeling I was missing another big line item.