Artorious, surely you don't need the financial incentives in making your 'advise' open to all.

100% life as we all know is about contacts not talent necessarily

Tesla has been viewing too many Artorious007 posts on IG and has decided to dump his cartoon 'hype' art collection comprising of Murakami, Abloh?, Arsham, Kaws (of course) and Hebru Brantley and is now chasing the most formulaic of 'blue chip' art like Kruger and Kawara.

Why not buy some Eddie Martinez and Jonas Wood? Spend $1m. Feel better about yourself. Only $5k for the advice. I can give you a head massage also.

Most of artorious advice on who to buy are boring, dead or irrelevant imo. The dude is right in trashing commercial artists but also has zero inisght or vision on avant guarde and new artists if they don't have an MFA or showed with his fav gallery. Its just a dude sharing basic professional advice and perspective and everyone is like omg so much insight 🤦‍♂️. If you listened to his artist recommendation 10 years ago you would be lucky to break even and would not even outperform any market benchmarks....

Sounds like your taste is going to change quite a lot over the next year or so, I know mine has and still does.

On that basis, maybe try and purchase 1 large ($50-100k) piece per year? Hedge your bets with the market (some weak evening sales recently) and your taste evolution.

Re-reading that I came a bit harsh, but glad you were able to listen. We all made mistakes through our journey of collecting, all on different scales. The chase can be fun, but the conversations and relationships are really where the gold is. And I dont mean with gallery directors, I mean with the artists. Art is great because you get out of it what you put in, and that has nothing to do with dollars. There is a lot to be down about regarding the art world (greed, nepotism, deception, luxury goods being paraded as cultural icons) and a lot to seek out. Everyone looks for different things and is moved by different things. Figure out what you want to live with for 10 or 20 years and be able to talk about why you feel that way and you will find this hobby much more enjoyable and not be looking to shuffle works so frequently. Try to set goals or limits to your buying. If you know you are committed to only buying 5 works a year, you put a lot more consideration into what you bring home. Good luck, youre in an envious position with that bank roll. 

Just did last week, some pieces will go to Christie’s December auction.

What Abloh piece are you offloading? Any pics?

I'm actually taken aback by your gracious response here...I was expecting this conversation to devolve into a feces throwing contest but the fact that you took this as earnest (albeit pointedly worded) advice says a lot about you. All good. 

On a much smaller scale, I found collecting art infinitely more enjoyable when I stopped chasing the hottest print drops and started reaching out to artists I liked on instagram and building a 1 on 1 relationship. There was so much less pressure on myself to not miss a drop and it allowed me to figure out what I really like. I've cleared a good bit of the stuff I originally bought out of my collection, culled the herd considerably, and now have a handful of relationships with artists who I really respect and enjoy supporting. 

You have the cash to make a massive difference in the career of numerous artists. Some will make it, most will not, but regardless you will build your own reputation as doing it for the right reasons which in and of itself will open doors. 

That said, if you're simply looking for a way to launder or hide money, ignore my advice.