Value Manifesto

Value Manifesto is a critical response to the growing commercialization of art, challenging the dominance of market forces over artistic value.

Over the past 150 years, visual art has gradually freed itself from religious oversight, secular censorship, representation, symbolism, and even material form. From the mid-19th century to today, the pursuit of autonomy has driven artistic evolution. In nearly every respect, art has achieved this independence—except in its relationship with the market. More than ever, art has become a form of currency, a status symbol, and a tool of the global economy. We are witnessing the full-scale economization of art. Value Manifesto emerges as a logical and necessary reaction to this reality.