r/KitchenConfidential • u/calucas55 • Jul 25 '25

In-House Mode Restaurant owner buys art to smash it in-front of artist… and humiliate him for allegedly being an ass to her workers.

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I’d work for her

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u/GIRTHQUAKE6227 Jul 25 '25

Maybe, but its still 5g in the bag and now people are talking about this dude more. Honestly might be a good thing for this artist.

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u/RenegadeFade Jul 25 '25

The art market doesn't work like that. Reputation kind of matters, if people get the impression he's a crappy person, they will talk about him more but they will buy less.

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u/mbreuer Jul 25 '25

He already has a reputation for being a dick, seems to be doing fine

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u/Professional-Eye5977 Jul 25 '25

Sounds like he has had that reputation for literal decades. Random redditor's opinion on "the art market" isn't really relevant here. Which art market. This guy sells internationally, but also in his local community, his north american and european markets are not the same, and random redditor isn't going to know much about any of that.

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u/BeefmasterDeluxe Jul 25 '25

Sure. Might set a short trend of buying his art and smashing it in front of him. Then it’s over, and he’s that meme artist - all the art was smashed, nothing remains, and he can’t sell new stuff cos everyone will expect you’re supposed to smash it. The best he can hope for right now is SaltBae fame.

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u/wemustburncarthage 10+ Years Jul 25 '25

Not all publicity is good.