this doc is excellent! very well edited/paced, interesting and entertaining throughout. simco is extremely fun to watch and listen to. i loved the entire exchange at the LA gallery about art vs. decoration - i immediately rewatched it multiple times. KIRAC is amazing and i can't wait to see what you make next.
This guy seems like a nightmare to have in your life. I’ve seen him interviewed a few times but this is really revealing. He uses is generosity as a weapon to manipulate people to get what he wants.
Simchowitz actually really grew on me over the course of this piece. Really good documentary, great portrait of him as a person and of the art market and how it functions. Thank you KIRAC
It seems selling personalities is much more important than selling and/or finding "artists" these days. Hardly surprising given the results we see in art galleries.
This is excellent. So much to unpack. It deserved a re-viewing. I am sympathetic to this guy. I think his heart is in a good place. He is so transparent, which is also why people may dislike him, but I like that. So real, so entertaining. I see him as a robin hood character - selling to the rich and giving to the poor proletariat artist.
You being unironic? He's honest about showing himself but he doesn't say "I think it's trash" he says it just is trash. The fact you came away from this thinking he's a hero for art is fucking baffling
he's wearing a French designers Bourgeois interpretation of a dock workers hat as he moves art Through Time and Space, he is much better art than the trash he is buying. (There is no vizor in order to avoid gales and to stay snug on the head, and ears free to be attentive to the sound of the waves.) from the hat shop [I guess if it accumulates capital it cant be trash]
great doc. super entertaining and revealing to the thin line between real art and the bourgeoisie bullshit that Stephan clearly is aware of. Potentially amazing or destructive for new artists. Tread lightly
I think that Mr Sefan has a good point when he assume to run for like "I'm seeling art into networks that we're gonna build the value"....rather than being speculating or be waiting for santa claus.....indeed it is a good way to run up values and the same time to construct real connections and cultural assets. Good film!!
One can understand why many art dealers think Stefan Simchowitz is detestable, but I see his brutal verbal outpourings as the best in direct and honest communication. He is ruled by his heart and his business sense. I wish I was half as smart.
Simco and Christian seem on good terms at the Hort foundation event in the brief handshake 16:33 then things went so sour between the two later on 42:50 I wonder what is the time period over which this video was captured?
Tried to look at it as a German tv documentary, but it didn't work. Than I looked at it as an "Slapstick" and a piece of drama, but it could not hit me. Finaly I looked at it as a sort of "Pulp Fiction" (but without guns), and it worked well, very enjoyable..
At first I detested Simco but after a bit I got to like him for his honest but arrogant view of the art world with all its pretentious bla bla bla. The narration was just as cynical along with the hilarious mispronunciations of the English language. I watched it to the very end and would like a sequel.
I still fail to see why this guy is criticised. He´s empowering artists that he believes in, injecting cash where he deems appropriate, being his genuine self. Yeah, that's some a-hole. Personally, my will and excitement to be involved in art resurrected after watching this.
Most artists won't like him because he is a kind of predator to them. Once they are powerful enough to not need him they either go away (Oscar) or defy him (Christian). And as Simco said himself: artists have some sort of moral weight that makes them impervious to criticism for some reason. I think this documentary gives a very intimate and tries to understand Simco. Looking at him critically shows his motivations and the world he is trapped in that makes him such an entitled prick.
Seems like Stefan knows what he's doing, and has an edge over many others in the precarious and tumultuous art world (system). Sure he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder, but he's direct.
Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truths, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. The revolt of individualism came because the tradition had become degraded, or rather because a spurious copy had been accepted in its stead. [William Butler Yeats]
Pretentious bullshit. Stefan is a privileged baby that values no one else’s opinion but his own - he says he’s not insecure - fact of the matter is, every single human being is insecure - he out of all people should know that art is not normative, it means different things to different people. He’s disrespectful of artists and their work. He should not be considered a role model by any means - Stefan along with other artists in this doc spew anything that comes to mind that they think sounds sophisticated. This was highly entertaining - I didn’t take it serious.
Picasso or Mondriaan or Van Gogh, real creative ❤️geniuses, knew the skill, the techniques, the heart, the passion, the basics of forms and lines and symphony and composition, the pressure between forms and colors, et cetera. Thes fake artist take the BASICS of chaos. I hope you will confront these hypocrite, arrogant fakers very hard and tough; nothing to do with Art! They are too lazy to have studied intensily the items I mentioned, like the Real Artists I mentioned! First: UNDERSTAND, WRESTLE WITH MATERIAL. If I dont see anything of that; it is rubbisch. 🐽😂⚰️🤮
Also he is quite self-aware of what he does and why he is doing it. I suppose he gets lots of flak in the art world for being such an asshole to artists and taking as much advantage from them as possible. Actually, all in all I think Simco would be kind of funny to hang out with.
Greatest documentary ever made by German TV
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Hi Jan! Helemaal mee eens, heel vaak gekeken!
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this doc is excellent! very well edited/paced, interesting and entertaining throughout. simco is extremely fun to watch and listen to. i loved the entire exchange at the LA gallery about art vs. decoration - i immediately rewatched it multiple times. KIRAC is amazing and i can't wait to see what you make next.
Thanks TMH that's very nice to hear!
I love that exchange too. Horrible gallerist.
Tmh, yeah this comment.
This guy seems like a nightmare to have in your life. I’ve seen him interviewed a few times but this is really revealing. He uses is generosity as a weapon to manipulate people to get what he wants.
I want to see Keeping up with the Simchowitz
Very nice and entertaining documentary, really like the editing and your monologues. Good job.
lol at first I thought his voice-over was terrible, gradually I got accustomed to it and now I love it.
hahahahaha
The voice over is so fine
Ich hatte es mir gerade mit dem Simchowitz Filmchen gemütlich gemacht. Das war besser als meine 6 Jahre Verhaltenstherapie. Schönen Abend
This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen. So well put together. Masterful work
Simchowitz actually really grew on me over the course of this piece. Really good documentary, great portrait of him as a person and of the art market and how it functions. Thank you KIRAC
It seems selling personalities is much more important than selling and/or finding "artists" these days. Hardly surprising given the results we see in art galleries.
Sometimes I understand some things.
Alsof ik naar The Office zit te kijken, echt prachtig dit soort karakters
This is a pleasantly low stakes discussion of what is "right" or "good".
what in the hell did i just watch?
This is excellent. So much to unpack. It deserved a re-viewing. I am sympathetic to this guy. I think his heart is in a good place. He is so transparent, which is also why people may dislike him, but I like that. So real, so entertaining. I see him as a robin hood character - selling to the rich and giving to the poor proletariat artist.
You being unironic? He's honest about showing himself but he doesn't say "I think it's trash" he says it just is trash. The fact you came away from this thinking he's a hero for art is fucking baffling
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Brilliant on many levels!
Thank you Mikosa!
Nice docu, haven't seen one nice piece of art in it though...
Drumsgoon 1. Alex Becerra 2.oscar Murillo 3. Christian Rosa c’mon bro all 3 dope artist
Very good to watch! Thanks a lot for that brilliant documentary!
Stellar work as always
he's wearing a French designers Bourgeois interpretation of a dock workers hat as he moves art Through Time and Space, he is much better art than the trash he is buying. (There is no vizor in order to avoid gales and to stay snug on the head, and ears free to be attentive to the sound of the waves.) from the hat shop [I guess if it accumulates capital it cant be trash]
Wow, is goed geworden, Stefan!
Dank je Jasper!
fast foward to 2021: Christian Rosa, the Fallen Art Star Accused of Selling Forged Pettibon Paintings, Has Reportedly Been Arrested in Portugal
great doc. super entertaining and revealing to the thin line between real art and the bourgeoisie bullshit that Stephan clearly is aware of. Potentially amazing or destructive for new artists. Tread lightly
thanks a lot!!! I loved it! Dankeschön!!!
Thank you Nati!
Really solid piece!!
Thanks Ashlee!
Watching this for the third time now I think (since I don't have money for the new stuff)
just watched velvet buzzsaw this week. This stuff is even stranger. The part where he's harassing the mexican painter, holy shit
I think that Mr Sefan has a good point when he assume to run for like "I'm seeling art into networks that we're gonna build the value"....rather than being speculating or be waiting for santa claus.....indeed it is a good way to run up values and the same time to construct real connections and cultural assets. Good film!!
Stefan, did Simco demand to see this episode before putting it online? Has he watched it at all? How did he react?
Finally genuine business, we are coming to LA..
Amazing.
great and informative
18:00 he's so Mexican he speaks perfect American English lol
He is selling a dreams to the both the buyers and the artists.
20:46
"But Marta refuses!" Lmao!
Great work
One can understand why many art dealers think Stefan Simchowitz is detestable, but I see his brutal verbal outpourings as the best in direct and honest communication. He is ruled by his heart and his business sense. I wish I was half as smart.
Simco and Christian seem on good terms at the Hort foundation event in the brief handshake 16:33 then things went so sour between the two later on 42:50 I wonder what is the time period over which this video was captured?
it was shot in 14 days in 2014
wonderful!
at the same time these categories are beans.
I believe this man is probably a cryptocurrency enthusiast. Love the ear mic btw :)
anyone that he meets christian in the first party? (the class-b party) and they shake handy very friendly :), very easter eggy editing ;) :)
Tried to look at it as a German tv documentary, but it didn't work.
Than I looked at it as an "Slapstick" and a piece of drama, but it could not hit me.
Finaly I looked at it as a sort of "Pulp Fiction" (but without guns), and it worked well, very enjoyable..
Amazing, you guys are heroes.
Awesome
At first I detested Simco but after a bit I got to like him for his honest but arrogant view of the art world with all its pretentious bla bla bla. The narration was just as cynical along with the hilarious mispronunciations of the English language. I watched it to the very end and would like a sequel.
Can we have a sequel?
This is really interesting and insightful, thanks! Just please don't add so much reverb on the commentary voice over, is frightening! ; )
Interestingly Kour Pour is basically doing the same thing as wolfe von lenkiewicz, but with a more oriental touch.
32:07 i.e. "losing all hope was freedom"?
I still fail to see why this guy is criticised. He´s empowering artists that he believes in, injecting cash where he deems appropriate, being his genuine self. Yeah, that's some a-hole. Personally, my will and excitement to be involved in art resurrected after watching this.
Most artists won't like him because he is a kind of predator to them. Once they are powerful enough to not need him they either go away (Oscar) or defy him (Christian). And as Simco said himself: artists have some sort of moral weight that makes them impervious to criticism for some reason. I think this documentary gives a very intimate and tries to understand Simco. Looking at him critically shows his motivations and the world he is trapped in that makes him such an entitled prick.
Christian ❤
My CHOMPING limit is about to be met.
Wow
I wanna see more with Simchowitz!
Seems like Stefan knows what he's doing, and has an edge over many others in the precarious and tumultuous art world (system). Sure he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder, but he's direct.
hahaha farting and pissing just like i do now in my chair
Who's the artist with the cardboard paintings ??
Spencer Russell Lewis. Actually madet into the market and is right now being shown by Harpers Books in Miami
Curious, who was the artist at 13:04 and what came of his dealings with Simco?
Spencer Lewis / Not much I think, but I don't know for sure.
His work was fascinating
Sort of a middle finger to typical art and artist
Christian mirrored his behaviour and he disliked him for it. 😂
Ulan kıraç diye nere geldik
So sometimes artists huff their own farts, but is it the dealers and collectors that taught them how to acquire the tase?
so entertaining
What’s the name of that Mexican artist he liked?
Does someone know the name of the Mexican artist? :)
everyone knows this is a spoof right lol i wouldve believed it but just too many actors hahaha its good tho
LOL " its a trojan horse"
@43:21 Eres tú Juan Son?
You dont have to be brilliant, you dont have to be talented. Just attitude. What a fucking misery...
Well funny how a dealer is the most artistic one in the whole doc 😅
German tv ? Sinds wanneer zijn jullie Duits ?
Sinds 1940
Supreme art is a traditional statement of certain heroic and religious truths, passed on from age to age, modified by individual genius, but never abandoned. The revolt of individualism came because the tradition had become degraded, or rather because a spurious copy had been accepted in its stead. [William Butler Yeats]
Pretentious bullshit. Stefan is a privileged baby that values no one else’s opinion but his own - he says he’s not insecure - fact of the matter is, every single human being is insecure - he out of all people should know that art is not normative, it means different things to different people. He’s disrespectful of artists and their work. He should not be considered a role model by any means - Stefan along with other artists in this doc spew anything that comes to mind that they think sounds sophisticated. This was highly entertaining - I didn’t take it serious.
After seeing these, I won't ever sell anything to Simco..
He's like an art version of Trump.
Pretty sure this is a joke. I don't think Trump thinks he's a joke. Unless he's the world's greatest troll . possible
Trump is not as self aware
Simchowitz is like a parody of a stereotypical Jew.
Why was Bernhard Willhelm so nice to Simco? Does he need investers? Does he want to blow Simmy?
I have beautiful art. Yet I will make it more beautiful.
Picasso or Mondriaan or Van Gogh, real creative ❤️geniuses, knew the skill, the techniques, the heart, the passion, the basics of forms and lines and symphony and composition, the pressure between forms and colors, et cetera. Thes fake artist take the BASICS of chaos. I hope you will confront these hypocrite, arrogant fakers very hard and tough; nothing to do with Art! They are too lazy to have studied intensily the items I mentioned, like the Real Artists I mentioned! First: UNDERSTAND, WRESTLE WITH MATERIAL. If I dont see anything of that; it is rubbisch. 🐽😂⚰️🤮
Also he is quite self-aware of what he does and why he is doing it. I suppose he gets lots of flak in the art world for being such an asshole to artists and taking as much advantage from them as possible.
Actually, all in all I think Simco would be kind of funny to hang out with.
Stefan has an outstanding wife. I will clone her and sell her clones legally.
never sel them. where's your business sense?
maybe im missing something but all the art here looks terrible and boring
Obv
Kour Pour art is garbage
Sedan is an Ashkenazi Jew not a real Hebrew Israelite
less reverb
haahhahahahahahahahhaha
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"white jew"
lolz
Why the hell are you speaking so slow in the explanatory black passages? drives me crazy.
Bee S.
I stopped watching after five minutes because it's about just another decorator (not about art) (so why waste more than an hour).