Martin Rundkvist on Nostr: In Sweden, public bodies can pay someone to make a colourful painting for them. If ...

In Sweden, public bodies can pay someone to make a colourful painting for them. If it's labelled as "art", then it's more expensive and the buyer is legally prohibited to make any demands on what the painting should depict.

If the same painting is labelled as "decoration", it's cheaper and you can instruct the painter in detail.

But public bodies are required to buy "art".

I'm an archaeologist. I work with wordless things. I think this is a ridiculous distinction.

#art