This speech by Dave Hickey was relative to what we had seen in The Mona Lisa Curse documentary, that art is no longer what it used to be and that the ability to put a price on it has changed the entire structure of the art world. Hickey explains that the problem is that more artists care about money than they do art, when a couple of decades back, no body went into art for money. He also makes a distinction between non-commercial art and art that doesn't sell. In his comical manner, he explains art that doesnt sell is just bad art. Non-commercial art still pays the artists enough so for them to be in the business class for the rest of their lives.
I think it's sad that the love of making art has seemed to disappear for some artists who are now focused moreso on the love of making money. I also think the idea of people spending millions of dollars on pieces of art is rediculous and unecessary, especially when they are only doing so to flaunt their wealth and get themselves noticed. Unfortunately, I think that seeing art as a commodity and that auctioning it for more than it is truly worth is inevitable in a capitalist society.
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