Is It Possible for an Artist to Experiment and Still Make Money? [Cartoon]

Art Whirled is a series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market.

Guy Richards Smit for Artnet News.

Art Whirled is a series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market.

The mind behind the cartoons, Guy Richards Smit, is an artist known for his paintings, video installations, musicals, performance work and even a sitcom, exploring themes of narcissism, desire, power, and failure.

His sharply observant work has been exhibited internationally and at the Museum of Modern Art, the Pompidou Center, and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, while his cartoons have appeared in the New Yorker, Hyperallergic, Art on Trial, and Artnet News.

Follow him on Instagram @guy_richards_smit.