By The Consortium for Infinite Value in Art
1. The Age of Aesthetic Poverty is Over
We declare that art has no higher calling than to elevate wealth itself. In an era where the poor cling to meaning and the middle class calls for relatability, we, the Billionairists, proudly proclaim: beauty is dead—long live the price tag. Art is no longer about the tediousness of what you feel but the joy of what you can afford.
2. Art Shall Be the Playground of the Elite
True creativity is forged in the crucible of excess. A starving artist creates paintings; a Billionairist creates bidding wars. We reject the dull utilitarianism of relatable art and embrace the unapologetic ecstasy of the unattainable. If everyone can understand it, we have failed.
3. The Medium is Wealth
We sculpt with Lamborghinis. We paint with liquid platinum. We compose symphonies of yacht horns echoing across private archipelagos. We reject the notion that art must fit on a wall or in a museum—it belongs wherever it cannot be reached. The museum is a prison for art. This will no longer do. We build penthouses for art.
4. Outrage is a Currency
To the masses who weep and gnash their teeth at our opulence: we hear you, and we monetize you. Your outrage fuels the engine of our artistic genius. Every viral tweet criticizing our $500 million diamond-encrusted treadmill installation is part of the performance. The critics are the chorus to our opera.
5. Value Over Vision
We believe the price is the art. The higher the price, the greater the work. A canvas worth $100 million is not 10 times better than a $10 million piece—it is 10 million times better. This is not theory; it is the new maths.
6. Destroy to Create
Billionairism demands we obliterate the old to build the new. We will shred Monet’s lilies and reassemble them into private helipad mosaics. We will melt Rodin’s bronzes and recast them as doorstops for Swiss chalets. Creation is destruction, and destruction is a tax write-off.
7. Art Shall Be Fluid (and Preferably Liquid)
We reject permanence. Our works must evolve, decay, or disappear entirely, like wealth slipping through unworthy fingers. Installations will require constant maintenance; sculptures will oxidize without costly preservation. Art should be a financial liability, not a cultural one.
8. Exclusivity is the Apex of Creativity
A Billionairist work must be rare—no, singular. It must inspire jealousy, not joy. If more than 10 people can see it at once, has it failed? If more than ten people could afford it, is it a crime against art?
9. Critics are Welcome (At a Price)
We invite critique, provided it comes from voices worth hearing. (And by “worth,” we mean net worth.) The opinions of those who do not buy our works are irrelevant—they are mere echoes in the void.
10. The Future Belongs to Us
We are the arbiters of value, the gods of gilded absurdity, the masters of hyper-excess. The poor will ponder, the critics will fume, and the middle class will gawk. But we, the Billionairists, will shape the future of art—one obscenely expensive masterpiece at a time.
Let the masses have their memes and their murals. We have rotating gold-plated Porsche Ferris wheels and a martini fountain that costs more than your city block.
Signed, with Champagne stains,
The Billionairists