Kennicott's blues

Sorry to see the otherwise admirable Philip Kennicott come down with art-critico-valetudinarianism: “… for art, if there is such a thing anymore." Yikes. There’s really nothing wrong with the art world that a good revolution wouldn’t fix (or maybe just a change in the tax code).

The price of art is higher than ever. What does that mean for its value?

www.washingtonpost.com

The art world has collapsed into the world of commerce, and an almost apocalyptic level of gloom now exists.