Have a read of John Berger's "Ways of seeing". He believes the rich are trying to exclude the poor from art by insisting that the original has some indefinable

Have a read of John Berger's "Ways of seeing". He believes the rich are trying to exclude the poor from art by insisting that the original has some indefinable quality to it that is inherently better in order to retain a higher ground by owning originals in a world where perfect copies can be made. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2784.Ways_of_Seeing http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2784.Ways_of_Seeing It's very good and a short book. Really you've already stumbled across one idea yourself just by not falling for their BS. Also see Orson Wells "F for fake": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072962/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072962/ Like Ways of Seeing it's short and very good.The main forger is fabulously talented IMHO.