> As an artist, I find it incredibly sad that critics and other gatekeepers (such as museum curators and gallery owners) have any influence at all. You sound l

> As an artist, I find it incredibly sad that critics and other gatekeepers (such as museum curators and gallery owners) have any influence at all. You sound like Banksy in the forward to "War and Piece". I'm somewhat convinced that Art to a large extent is marketing. How some art gets noticed and into museums confuses me. (Piling things on the floor, no matter how clever the explanation, isn't great. Hanging wood boards on the wall is nice, I love wood grain but no..). Its frustrating to some extent because there is some fantastic art out there by relatively unknown artists. I help out with a local open studios event (visit artists in their studio spaces). Very few of the 300+ member artists can make a living solely from their art. Under lockdown its even harder.