– Collecting art changes your relationship to art objects in all sorts of ways, some of them surprising. In my own case, it’s had an unforeseen effect on my fantasy life. Before I started buying art, I dreamed of owning such pricey objects as, say, a Degas pastel or a Matisse cutout, none of which I could hope to acquire without first taking up a new line of work (bank robbery, say). Now my wildest dreams have become considerably more practical: I’ll never be able to afford a C

– Collecting art changes your relationship to art objects in all sorts of ways, some of them surprising. In my own case, it’s had an unforeseen effect on my fantasy life. Before I started buying art, I dreamed of owning such pricey objects as, say, a Degas pastel or a Matisse cutout, none of which I could hope to acquire without first taking up a new line of work (bank robbery, say). Now my wildest dreams have become considerably more practical: I’ll never be able to afford a C