I know artists often make art to try to get by, but you have to admit how high the prices would sound to outsiders, which is why I see people arguing over art pricing ethics all the time.
The arguments against pricey art: It is offensive to societal necessities to price art higher than that, and there comes a point in an art’s price where it doesn’t make sense to raise the price more based on what relative little went into making it.
The arguments in favor of pricey art: They help the artist and it’s up to the person buying the art how much they’re willing to pay.
Based on the arguments in favor of pricey art, what’s the highest you’ve ever priced art (both with haggling intended/involved and without haggling intended/involved) and were able to sell it for that amount?
I’ve never sold any of my art but
What I find offensive is judging art on how much visible “effort” non-artists think went into it. That’s not how that works.
Owning a piece of art is a luxury, nobody NEEDS it, it’s not food or shelter or anything necessary for survival. Pricing is purely a matter between seller (artist) and buyer, I don’t see how “ethics” come into it (other than when buyers are trying to shame artists into lowering their prices to a point where they can’t live off their own work anymore).