Buck beats Searle to win the night at Intelligence Squared debate

Your correspondent is not usually prone to horn blowing, but it is difficult not to feel a small triumphant glow after rather achieving a rather significant victory opposing the motion that contemporary art has sold out to the market in last nights (5 July) Intelligence Squared debate, hosted by Investec at Phillips. Decrying the evils of the art market and its corrupting effect on artists was the Guardians chief art critic Adrian Searle. Before the debate commencedmoderated by the BBC arts edi