I had a realization recently while wandering through the Musée Matisse in Nice, France, where I went to see a temporary exhibit on David Hockney.
If you’re not familiar, Hockney is considered one of the most influential living modern British artists. His 1972 work "Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)" sold at Christie’s auction house in 2018 and broke the auction house record at $90 million (a record broken the following year by Jeff Koons’ "Rabbit," which sold for $91 million).
What f...