Art World Pies: Michael Reid on the new things, and the old

In the run up to the imminent opening of a brand new Sydney gallery, Michael Reid reflects on the Australian art world, the secondary market and the future of the white cube gallery space.
I am writing this on a 40cat Murrurundi. I am sleepless and grumpy and possibly feeling a little too near Dante’s inner circles of Hell; my mind ponders the infernal negativity that one often finds in the Australian art world. It is ironic to say the least, that within this world where beauty is still ce