someone sold nothing for $18,300
finds №002
in may 2021 italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an invisible sculpture at auction in Milan. the buyer got a certificate and instructions: display it in a 5x5 ft empty space at home
even a vacuum has weight, he said
5 years earlier Tom Miller built an invisible structure in a public square in Gainesville, Florida. he called it Nothing
when the sale went viral, Miller hired a lawyer: "i should be credited with Nothing, and Gainesville, Florida, not Italy, is where Nothing happened first"
the letter was sent. the suit was never filed. Garau never responded
our patron said about this:
two artists, thousands of miles and five years apart, both decided the most valuable thing they could build was nothing at all
one made $18k off it, the other just wanted credit
somehow even nothing has an ownership dispute
found by @ne_david