“Much as most people in the art world are loath to admit it, their activities are strongly influenced by the state of the economy. In boom times, there tends to be a revival of painting and other decorative media, and a proliferation of vacuous or ideologically rebarbative objects meant to hang or sit in the living rooms of patrons. All large exhibitions – and even the rearrangement of works in public collections – now require sponsors, which means that art that is not attractive to sponsors is rarely seen.” – New Statesman