What nationality was the artist Jackson Pollock?

Sometime I think the art world is filled with scam artists and gullible folks who throw obscene amounts of money to them. That money could benefit the community far better in many ways

AKA Jack the Dripper

The real tragedy today is that, because of all the selfish billionaires, museums can no longer afford the astronomical prices of art, so it disappears from public view, sometimes forever.

Player #85315195 - It's an unfortunate truth that whatever is for sale, it sells for the price that someone is prepared to pay for it.

Player #120374466, Yes, who has the power to price art as ridiculously high as it is?

Jackson Pollock’s painting ‘Blue Poles’ (a.k.a. ‘Number 11’) was purchased by the Australian National Gallery in 1973 for $1.3 million. It created enormous controversy at the time. It is now worth somewhere between $100 million and $350 million.

I'm not a huge fan of abstract art, but there really is something about #17A that draws and holds the eye. I'm sorry to know it's not in a museum, but in some private collection somewhere.

See Pollock Guess Polish 😌