I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ART - BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE

This portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt was reportedly purchased for the record setting amount $135 million by cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder for the Neue Galerie in New York City. $135 million dollars.

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And so, we're on to the subject of art. The subject of is so, well, subjective. Often I have seen what sells for tens of millions of dollars and wondered - WHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA? And then I rationalize the reality by saying to myself, "if dozens of people will bid millions of dollars for the right to own THAT, it MUST be art... RIGHT?"

And then comes a wonderful story out of London. Torn from the latest issue of "The Week"

"A top art gallery in Britain displayed a block of slate topped by a
small piece of wood as a work of art, unaware that it was merely the
plinth for a missing sculpture. The Royal Academy in London later
admitted that it was confused because the plinth and sculpture - a
human head by artist David Hensel - were sent to the museum
separately. 'Given their separate submission, the two parts were
judged independently,' museum officials said. 'The head was
rejected. The base was thought to have merit and accepted.'"
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$135 million dollars... my ass.