Why You Shouldn't Buy Art

"I told people that art intoxicates, that art and its abstractions are the most powerful form of communication, and that luxury actually humiliates the world." —Jeff Koons "Jeff Koons' 'Tulips' must smell good because @ChristiesInc just sold it for a record $30m hammer—a new auction high bar for the sculptor" —@KellyCrowWSJ "...the art market has stopped being a source of fascination and crazy numbers, and has started to be a source of sheer disgust." —Felix Salmon "I don't know the answer to that." —Larry Gagosian "The more money art fetches, the more likely it is to stay hidden from the public's eyes—which risks pulling it right out of our society's shared culture. In an ideal world, wouldn't we want more art, by more artists, to sell to more people, for less?" —Blake Gopnik "We are working together to replace the exchange of capital with a creative exchange for and by the 99%. As we seek horizontal spaces for dialogue and collaboration, we begin to fill the hollowness