Archive for January 28th, 2013

Art, damn it, art! watch (#35 in a series)

Monday, January 28th, 2013

W.C. Fields supposedly said “It is morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep their money.”

I was reminded of that reading this NYT article:

Many in the art world insist there is no need for further scrutiny of a market that prompts few consumer complaints and is vital to the New York economy. But other veterans of the business say there is mounting concern that monitoring has not kept pace with the increasing treatment of art as a commodity.

Some examples of questionable practice: