The Art Market, More or Less, Was Rigged

Half the paintings in american museums were not by the person whose name was on the wall. They were by some one else, an assistant, a follower, a forger. Hoving may have been the single saviest player the art market has ever seen. He trusted his first impressions because there was nothing else to trust. The art world, more or less, was rigged. That's what he was saying. And the referees helped to rig it.