This book may have been written decades ago, but the issues are still the same. What does it mean for someone to be an artist? Do you just do what you're told or follow some inner vision? If you follow your vision and you don't make money, does that make you wrong? If suddenly you start making money, does that mean that you weren't wrong after all? If you stop making money, were you wrong after all?

Business is business. Many are called, but few are chosen. This book covers the nitty gritty of the daily functions of the artworld and covers the ethics and lack thereof regarding making it or not as an artist. It provides a concise commentary of the structure of the artworld and offers some interesting criticisms as to how it could be different, more fair. It also covers attempts by artist unions to implement changes in the way the market works to no avail.

Is it survival of the fittest or just a bunch of baloney? Do the best artists always win out or is what we experience in museums just a history of capricious decision-making? It is up to the reader to decide. The book is not preachy, although it does lean towards attention to the artworld underdogs who, working as hard as everyone else, don't necessarily make it. In the end, you can't help but have a great deal of respect for those who stick it through. It isn't just a matter of being good. And this book explains why and how.