My last word on this was:
For all you fellow starving artists out there, don't think I changed my mind. I am just facing reality, and this is, to paraphrase George Carlin: "a big club, and you and I are not in it!"

I had written about the art market earlier on a couple of occasions:
https://steemit.com/art/@thermoplastic/how-the-fine-art-market-is-a-scam
and
https://steemit.com/art/@thermoplastic/damien-hirst-s-shipwreck-fantasy-sinks-in-venice