Almighty painter

Chapter 699: Detective Anna (Part )
Miss Elena can always easily understand the laws governing the operation of this world like a great detective.

These people don't have to do anything intentionally.

Human relationships are like magnets.

The fact that a magnet attracts iron sand is a physical property.

So does human relationship.

As long as certain people appear somewhere, then... people who want to please them, people who want to do free favors by means of awards, will automatically flock to them.

Whether you want to or not.

It will operate automatically based on an inherent interest relationship, just like the laws of machine operation.

Just like when Miss Elena appeared at the art exhibition, then... those judges who wanted to please Elena's family would also have some ulterior motives.

It is even possible that two people may win the award at the same time.

This is the so-called double yolk egg.

Anna believes that no matter what award, art festival or film festival, a double yolk egg is the most boring thing in the world.

She hates double yolk eggs.

It is a painting exhibition, so there are good and bad works, and some are of high and low quality.

In the Olympic Games, there may be two athletes who jump to the same height at the same time, without a difference of one centimeter, and win the same gold medal.

Art exhibitions are subjective selections.

In a woman’s heart, all the subjective painting selections in the world should distinguish between love and dislike, like and dislike.

There is no such thing as two identical likes.

There is no such thing as love that is exactly the same.

If two identical oil paintings are produced by two different artists at an exhibition and every stroke is exactly the same, that is called an exhibition accident.

What the judges should do is not to exclaim “What a coincidence, OMG, this is God’s will, let’s give them all awards right away”, but to investigate cheating.

Since the same person draws the same picture twice, the level of his/her performance on paper may fluctuate.

Then different works should be evaluated in order of merit.

Good ones go up, bad ones go down.

The gold medal is always given only to the best one. Otherwise it would be unfair to the better work and the better artist, and it would also be "disrespectful" to the losing painter.

Honor gained through charity is no longer honor.

Your painting is very good, but unfortunately, you have met someone better.

So you have no chance of winning this award.

It's cruel, but that's the meaning of art competitions - the shadow of honor is always filled with the bones of losers.

It's like Downing meets Hamilton.

Even if she lost, it was a failure of honor and not shameful at all. She could stand up straight and say to the camera, "This is a loss for Oil Painting magazine."

Engaging in favor transactions and trying to smooth things over so that everyone can have a piece of the pie will make the award lose its original seriousness.

Whether it is the visual arts unit or the film unit, the Venice Art Festival has had several awards results that were not so convincing in history.

Some historical works are inexplicably defeated by mediocre works.

Or like the Oscars, there are always old-fashioned movies like "Shakespeare in Love" or very controversial movies like "Green Book", which are considered by some directors to whitewash, downplay, cover up or even glorify the racial conflicts within the United States, winning major awards.

But Anna could accept this result.

This is the problem with subjective selection.

At most you can think that the organizing committee’s artistic aesthetic level is not high.

However, people have different aesthetic standards in society.

Art works are also created for the whole society to see.

If this work can please the judges just right and hit the award-winning spot, it will make them feel that this is the best work.

OK.

It's an artist's skill.

As long as the judges think that this is the best and most outstanding work among all the submitted artworks this year.

That's OK too.

If artists feel disdain for the judges, they can simply withdraw from the exhibition or walk out in anger.

Anyway, history will give the final judgment on who is right and who is wrong.

The Nobel Prize was once awarded for a surgery in which a long needle was used to churn the brain of an epileptic patient into a mass of dead proteins.

It is normal that the results of subjective art awards cannot convince everyone in society.

What Miss Elena couldn't accept was that the organizing committee couldn't even give a clear result of who won and who lost, and couldn't even tell who was good and who was bad. They came out with two trophies and gave one to each person.

This is no longer a question of aesthetics.

There is not even a subjective answer, either the organizing committee is unable to coordinate the differences of opinion among the judges.

This is the incompetence of the organizing committee.

Otherwise, the organizing committee is unable to cope with the pressure brought by various interest relationships and cannot afford to offend anyone.

This is the cowardice of the organizing committee.

Whether it was incompetence or cowardice, Anna would not accept it.

Anna's views may not be correct and are too cold.

But that's Miss Elena's personality.

She is too strong, so strong that she is cold. She treats herself and others coldly.

and so.

She is so beautiful, but she naturally has a sense of distance that pushes people away.

Outsiders wanted to get closer, but they were too cold to breathe.

She is high and mighty and leaves no room for compromise and impurities.

What did Van Dorn do to offend anyone?

He was happily eating hotpot and singing songs, wanting to cooperate with internet celebrities and bloggers, to place an advertisement and increase exposure. Then, in front of hundreds of millions of people, he was criticized and his value plummeted.

Many times, the organizing committee is also helpless.

There are objective circumstances of one kind or another that force them to only award a double-yolked egg or even a triple-yolked egg. They don't want this to happen, but they have no choice.

Or...what if the judges really voted in a tie and no one could convince anyone else?
usually.

Directors and artists also hate double yolk eggs.

Not only will critics and the public criticize the organizing committee, the artist may also accept the award with a smile on the stage, and then turn around and criticize the organizing committee to the reporters off stage.

This kind of thing has happened more than once in Venice, Cannes or Berlin.

The master doesn't think this is a "testimony of friendship". He will think, "Who is so-and-so? Why does he deserve to share the award with my precious masterpiece?"

Masters are often a very difficult group of people.

From this perspective.

The organizing committee, which was mocked by Anna as incompetent and cowardly, is also quite pitiful.

this is the truth.

The reality of adulthood is always full of helplessness and compromise.

However, Miss Elena refused to accept this helplessness and compromise.

She would not accept such incompetence and cowardice.

She also did not accept that Gu Weijing snatched the award that Detective Cat deserved just because of his relationship with Mr. Cao, even if she was standing with Detective Cat.

Anna is the kind of person who would criticize Van Dorn's work in Hyperion's videos, saying it has nothing but empty lines.

She would say to the European Art Annual Conference that all the guests who applauded Sir Brown were the ones who were shouting "Hi, Hitler".

She is sharp and powerful.

She only respects and appreciates people who are like herself.

She and the gentle Katsuko Sakai are two completely different types.

She had always been extremely difficult to get along with.

As the son of a shipping tycoon, Liu Ziming would smile at Lao Yang, but in his heart he never considered Lao Yang as a friend.

And Anna.

She rarely, rarely smiles at people. She is very polite and well-mannered to everyone.

Neither happy nor angry.

It's like we're not in the same world.

Miss Elena's majesty shrouded her body, just like the fragrance of a rose, which could cover an entire garden.

She just glanced at Lao Yang, and he would blush and lower his head, and if she frowned slightly, Lao Yang's heart, which had been tempered by many years of drinking, would flutter and almost jump out of his stomach.

Even if Anna just sat there quietly, she would give people a huge amount of pressure.

Even if the person opposite you is Cao Xuan, or even Picasso crawling out of the grave, and makes Miss Anna unhappy, she will still criticize you sharply, and she will criticize you sharply to your face.

Fortunately.

Cao Xuan was also a strong and honest person.

After a brief confrontation, the two men shook hands again and made peace.

"Anna, I'm not here to promote Gu Weijing at the exhibition, so there are some things that I have to announce after the exhibition is over. It's not easy to tell you now. But——"

There was an obvious hint of pride in the old man's words, the kind that one would use when showing off one of his own children's achievements.

"I want to tell you that Gu Weijing has just published a paper."

"Essay? Asian Art?"

Anna glanced at the magazine on the coffee table beside her.

When Lao Yang just got off the plane and walked into the lounge with the pile of magazines, she noticed the huge title "Artibus asiae" on the cover of the magazine.

She was puzzled for a moment. Even if these were the things that Mr. Cao had looked through on the plane, there was no need to take so many.

have to say.

The woman really didn't expect that the young man named Gu Weijing actually published an academic paper in "Asian Art".

This once again made Miss Elena curious.

"Asian Art" is already a very good and serious academic journal. It is not as simple as publishing a casual column in a tabloid.

"Research on your work?" Anna said calmly.

Considering the difficulty of publishing AHCI papers, she consciously guessed what the content of this paper was.

In addition to the study of aesthetic theories in Cao Xuan's works.

Anna really couldn't imagine what else Gu Weijing could publish that would be worthy of being published in a major journal of this level.

A young man that Cao Xuan highly values, or simply a third-generation disciple of Cao, published an article in Asian Art that studied Cao's works.

It's hard not to feel a bit like writing "My Father, the District Head" and winning first prize in the primary school essay competition.

That's how this industry works.

The master's disciples can enjoy artistic resources that others cannot even imagine.

If Anna wanted, she could also use exclusive materials that other scholars don't have access to to write a paper on her great-grandfather and publish it in an important art journal, or even an important history journal.

The best part is that no one has yet questioned the authenticity of the documents she has.

Since it can be published in "Asian Art", it doesn't matter whether it is opportunistic or not, and it doesn't matter whether the journal editor is giving face to Cao Xuan.

But the quality of the article itself should not be particularly bad.

There is both an art exhibition and a thesis paper.

It seems.

This Gu Weijing will really be promoted by Cao Xuan to become a leading figure among the new generation of disciples.

"No, you're wrong, Anna. This article has nothing to do with me. Gu gave me a big surprise. The content of the paper was completely completed by him and others. It is about the study of early Impressionist works. He is the first author and it is the cover paper."

Mr. Cao smiled and shook his head.

"I think that the hype he created by himself, the paper he wrote, and the research he conducted, should not be considered cheating and interfering with the fairness of the exhibition."

"Of course not."

Anna shook her head.

Both practice and theory flourish.

While preparing a good painting to participate in an international art biennale, he also wrote an important academic theoretical research paper and published it in a serious international academic journal.

This is certainly not cheating.

This is a real display of hard power.

Even the most harsh public opinion cannot say that there is anything wrong with this behavior of "building momentum" for oneself. Instead, it will be highly praised.

This time, Miss Elena was really amazed by Gu Weijing.

Impressionism is a prominent school of thought in the painting world.

Research on Impressionist paintings is also a favorite topic among art scholars.

Popular knowledge also means that everything that can be written and analyzed has already been written about by your predecessors and your predecessors’ predecessors.

If you want to publish a paper again, you either have to repeat the old ideas of your predecessors, or you have to have new ideas that no one else has discovered.

And express the article on AHCI level papers.

It may not be a cliché, but the probability is relatively low.

Even if it was a cliché, it had to be a really, really good cliché… like the “ravioli” her great-grandfather had produced in his later years.

And considering that Gu Weijing has just become an adult this year.

Being able to publish a cover article in Asian Art at this age may mean more than his participation in the Singapore Biennale.

Since that night, the painting of Wisteria is now stored in Elena's manor.

This young man named Gu Weijing once again exceeded her expectations.

Anna had met many outstanding young people, but few had left a deep impression on her.

And he has undoubtedly become one of them.

"Is that so? Then he should be more than just a promising young painter as you mentioned. Perhaps, one day in the future, I will recruit him to be an editor for Oil Painting magazine."

Anna looked normal.

But she expressed her surprise in her own unique way.

"I hope you can give him a higher salary. Miss Elena, you are now the head of the Oil Painting column. I will let the kid try to please you more."

Wei Yunxian said with a smile.

The atmosphere seemed very joyful.

Just when it seemed that Mr. Cao was going to say something about this matter.

Liu Ziming, who had been silent just now, suddenly spoke.

"Yes, that paper is very well written. It doesn't look like it can be written by an eighteen-year-old kid." He said with a smile.

Liu Ziming did not look down on Gu Weijing like Tang Ning did, so he stepped hard on Gu Weijing's face in front of everyone.

His expression was more calm and his words were more intelligent.

He did not criticize Gu Weijing, saying "I think there is something fishy about this paper" or something like that. On the contrary, he smiled and praised Gu Weijing.

"Miss Elena, you really should read that article. Master Cao asked all of us disciples to read it. It's really well written, with beautiful wording. The research on the evolution of the Impressionist style is also very profound. There are some things I didn't know before."

"And he was very lucky to get an early Impressionist work at such a perfect time. It's really worth a lot of money." Liu Ziming commented, "He's made a fortune."

"Liu Ziming, do you still need to be jealous of others?"

Wei Yunxian asked with a twitch of her lips.

"It's different. Spending a million dollars to buy a Monet at an auction house is different from spending very little money to pick up a dusty jewel at a pawn shop or flea market. The former is an investment, while the latter is self-satisfaction. You need a taste for life to feel the fun in it."

Liu Ziming smiled and pushed Senior Sister Zhou back.

"But, old man, you should tell Gu Weijing to let this kid pay attention... I noticed that in the field of Impressionist research, there seems to be a lot of doubt about the origin and authenticity of the work he holds."

The warm atmosphere in the lounge suddenly cooled down.

Everyone is still laughing.

The smile was almost unchanged from before.

Everyone still felt the subtle but real change in the atmosphere, as if a fleeting blank moment had been inserted into an old film.

Old Yang glanced quickly at Old Cao, and then even faster, glanced slyly at Miss Elena in the wheelchair.

With Lao Yang's slickness.

Even if there were problems with his thesis, he would not bring it up in front of Anna in this situation.

The other party is not only the head of Elena's family, but also the only heir to the long-standing "artistic tycoon" family.

She is also the largest individual shareholder of Oil Painting magazine and manager of the visual arts department.

In a sense.

She can also represent Oil Painting, the largest, most authoritative and most influential magazine in the industry.

What's wrong with the Irina family now fighting a life-and-death battle with the board of directors of "Oil Painting"?
The Countess and Lord Browne don't get along. What's wrong?
Know who you are, okay?

A phoenix that has fallen to the ground cannot be compared to a pheasant that is walking around on the ground.

Not to mention, the woman sitting in the wheelchair in front of him was not some fallen phoenix.

She outdid Lord Brown.

In the battle between "princesses" and "princesses", she also defeated Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the third princess of the Qatari royal family, who just turned 40 this year.

After the European Art Annual Conference.

Anna Irena currently ranks first in Forbes' list of the most powerful people in the art world.

At this moment.

She is the undisputed queen of art.

Tang Ning acted extremely arrogant in front of Lao Yang, giving orders all the time, but on this list, Tang Ning couldn't even make it into the top 100.

Yes, you can feel that the Elena family is on the decline, it is no longer what it used to be, it is like yesterday's news, and it can only represent some kind of mark of the past.

She is a kind of aging sun and fading star.

If you were Sir Brown, if you were the owner of a super gallery with a turnover of ten figures a year, if you were the Pope of Art, or the Czar of Art, you could secretly think like this in your heart.

But Lao Yang is not like that.

No matter how dim the sun is, it is still the sun. If it is unhappy, it will be able to turn two kilograms of gutter oil into oil.

Although Anna can no longer represent the entire "Oil Painting" magazine.

But if she could still represent 10% of the magazine's power, it would be worth it for Lao Yang to transform into a barking dog, rolling around beside her, sticking out his tongue, and trying every way to lick the young lady to make her happy.

It would be fine if the paper was not controversial.

When a paper is controversial, especially an art analysis paper, it is not like those SCI papers that require a repeated experiment.

Many times, scholars quarreled.

To put it in a more pleasant way, it sounds like a debate.

To put it bluntly, it is essentially similar to the quarrel between the aunties in the vegetable market.

They form cliques and factions and criticize each other, trying to see who has the loudest voice and who has more influence behind which point of view.

Is the famous "Salvator Mundi" really a hidden gem among Leonardo da Vinci's works?

People’s brains are about to explode!

Both parties held academic conferences, wrote papers, published books, and even shot documentaries.

Is there a conclusion?

No,

To this day, no one can say that it is definitely the work of Leonardo da Vinci, or that it is definitely not the work of Leonardo da Vinci, because there is no signature and even handwriting identification is impossible.

All I can say is that it is a good painting whose brushstrokes are very "similar" to those of Leonardo da Vinci.

If this was said by a street uncle, people would generally laugh at him and call him a national treasure gang member.

But if this statement is endorsed by the British Museum itself, then this painting will become the most expensive work in human history, and it is worth 5 million US dollars.

in the art world.

The influence of the Elena family may not be weaker than that of the British Museum.

When there is controversy over the views of the paper.

Anna's attitude can often determine the authenticity of a painting, or even the "life" or "death" of a paper.

At this time, how to give her a first impression of an article.

It's very important.

At this moment, Liu Ziming's approach to this topic seemed very subtle.

What does it mean to have considerable doubts?

How can I ask little Gu to pay attention to this?

There are so many tricks involved here.

Tang Ning was obviously unhappy when he knew that Gu Weijing was going to become Master Cao's last disciple. Wei Yunxian was a non-competitive person and seemed to be happy as long as her teacher was happy.

And what would Liu Ziming think...he would probably still be a little unhappy.

Old Yang didn't believe it. He just said it casually.

Liu Ziming was really reminding Gu Weijing to pay attention to the waves and feedback that his paper had caused in the academic community.

still--

Does he want to stir up new waves in front of Anna?

(End of this chapter)