Art Echoes® on Instagram: "Gerhard Richter and the Paradox of Value In the acclaimed documentary The Price of Everything (2018), directed by Nathaniel Kahn, Gerhard Richter is captured in a striking moment of candor. While standing before one of his smaller paintings, Richter points to the work and remarks: “This is the value of a house. This is not fair. …Dirty money.” This brief but powerful statement lays bare one of the central contradictions of the contemporary art market: how a canvas, mod