“By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block.” ArtSelfFashionSeriousLonelyMarketingValuableBlockOperationsThoughtfulServingScholarCommercePersuasionSelf ServingAuctions Author:Abe Ajay