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consumption—which is that the two are badly matched. Beyond the ultra-rarefied realm of blue-chip galleries and inter- national art fairs, there’s an enormous surplus of artwork created by people with fine-art degrees who are rarely able to make a living from selling it. Yayoi Shionoiri, artist Bob Szantyr and his newly hung sculpture (top left) The number of such works sold each year is a tiny fraction of the total pro- duced. The problem isn’t that potential buyers don’t want original art: A huge number of people would love to live with the high-quality pieces these artists pro- duce. It’s just that the prices are generally unaffordable. Supply and demand don’t clear. …