New model for supporting artists

We stumbled across this website which allows fans to invest in their favorite bands. Considering that the music industry is consolidating power and companies are starting to control everything from record sales to concerts to promotion, it’s interesting to see a site like this come up. 

Check out the Mybandstock website for more. 

What about supporting visual artists in this way? Would this be a model to circumvent the gallery system? How would this work? 

Back in 1994 the New York Times’ Bryan Miller wrote an article about the artist Robert Cenedella who was issuing stock in his paintings. While this isn’t exactly the same thing, it’s something to think about. 

Read The Times article The Art Of the Deal. 

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One Response to “New model for supporting artists”

  1. Robin Cameron Says:

    There is something similar to this that a friend started: http://www.kickstarter.com/

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