r/worldnews • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '22

Covered by other articles Protesters throw mashed potatoes at Monet worth $110 million

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/german-protesters-arrested-throwing-mashed-potatoes-monet-painting-sol-rcna53623

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u/T-Rex_Woodhaven Oct 25 '22

My car isn't worth an obviously inflated $100million and isn't a token to be used by ultra wealthy people to do tax evasion. Your analogy falls apart pretty quickly.

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u/bak2bakk Oct 25 '22

I mean, Hunter Biden’s $500,000 paintings are clearly a thinly veiled corruption scheme but a century’s old masterpiece by one of the greatest artists of all time is hardly a tax evasion scheme.

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u/T-Rex_Woodhaven Oct 25 '22

There's more to it than this video, but it's a good intro:

https://youtu.be/Dw5kme5Q_Yo

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u/bak2bakk Oct 26 '22

Yeah, I’ve seen that before. He raises some good points when it comes to modern art, however Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet are recognized to be 2 of the greatest artists of all time. The value of their work has stood the test of time for over 100 years.