Market Solutions and Art Dissolution

Euphoria spread through the Paris art world for a few weeks last year with the opening of the Fondation Louis Vuitton and the FIAC, the reopening of the Picasso Museum and La Monnaie, and of course the really big fall shows at the Grand Palais, Pompidou Center, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Cartier Foundation... But when the fever broke doubt set in. Where exactly is the art situation in Paris headed? This critical scrutiny sounds the alarm.