While he may come off as rude at times, Mr. Robert Hughes gives a great response to the current art market. His believes and first hand accounts mimic those from one of my earlier blogs where I discussed a podcast by Mr. David Hickey. While I completely understand the point of purchasing a product when its value is low and holding it until a time when it will be worth a lot, I don't believe that it's right to artificially inflate the price of a work. By inflating the price, I'm talking about an art dealer (or special collector) attempting to create more value for a certain piece so that either the artist's other works would be valued better, or just so that their single piece will garner greater interest. Either way, artists like Damien Hirst should not be able to price his products at such a level that even museums can not afford, and art dealers should not be able to do the same either.
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