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The first rule of art club is never admit that you were wrong. The second rule of art club is NEVER admit that you were wrong. What makes a painting “real” enough to be “worth” 11 million dollars? Is it beautiful? Do the scholars approve of it? Is it published?
This is deep and slightly nauseating dive into the high pressure, high dollar, remarkably self absorbed world of top tier art dealers. People that say things like “the Ab-Ex Market.” Unironically. People who are million-dollar-certain one day, and the next never admit to things they themselves wrote and said.
Major trouble and major embarrassment aren’t always (if ever) followed by major consequences. ‘Cause money.