Mystery in the art world might be sexy, but it's not helpful
Art is a mystery to lots of people, and there's a fair few myths about artists too. It makes art a confusing thing. Perhaps I can help a bit.
All the mystery makes it difficult when thinking about buying some art, or shaping a fine art collection. And that's a shame because supporting artists is a great thing to do.
Especially as you end up with lots of lovely evidence of your philanthropic principles, and your style! I'm sounding like a marketing executive now – except it's true.
As an artist, I like supporting other artists for those very reasons myself. And I don't believe for a minute that only artists are philanthropic, and the only folks with style. There's lots of non-artists who are and do too.
So some of the confusing and mysterious aspects of art could do with shining a light on, imho.
As and when, I occasionally post things here I think might be helpful.