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From: dollar Category: Art Date: 23 June 2007 Time: 04:18 AM Review: "But not everybody is convinced that the seemingly insatiable appetite for works of art is good news for the industry - or the public. "There is an incredible amount of money chasing big name artists and quite a lot chasing up and coming names," said David Barrie of the Art Fund charity. his creates difficulties for museums and organisations like ours because it is driving more and more of the market out of our reach - and the public's." But Mr Wyndham (SOTHEBYS) said the "circulation of art [is] a very good thing for everybody", adding: "If it goes to a museum it's locked in forever. If it goes to a private collection there's a chance it will re-emerge at some point." Dinos Chapman, one half of the Chapman Brothers, said: "It is like worrying about the rain. [The booming art market] is a consequence of the vast amounts of money sloshing around and a consequence of a deepening inequality between those that have and those that do not ... if one day capitalism just decided to stop, I'm pretty sure art would still continue to be made."" quoted from http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2109454,00.html I LIKE THE IDEA OF CAPITALISM ENDING BUT IT WOULD MEAN DIFFERENT ART WAS VALUED, PERHAPS, DINOS. YOU MIGHT FEEL SECURE ABOUT THE CONTINUING OF ART UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WOULD YOUR ART SURVIVE. THE GUY FROM SOTHEBYS, AT LEAST THE ART ISN'T LOCKED UP IN A MUSEUM. uH, LIKE A MUSEUM WHERE NON-BILLIONAIRES MIGHT GET TO LOOK AT IT. WE MIGHT GET TO SEE IT REEMERGE AT ANOTHER AUCTION, HURRAH, LUCKY US, AND MORE COMMISSIONS ALL ROUND.