According to a photo and blurb on the front of Canada's National Post this morning, a painting by a chimpanzee sold for $32,000 while a Cezanne and Renoir at the same sale were withdrawn for lack of interest.
Here's a link to a story before the sale. And here's the painting:
Well, I really dislike sensationalized stories of chimps and 4 year olds and their famous paintings. They don't mean much to me. I think the best artists (and whether John O wants to put them over his sofa or not, these include, for me, Matisse, Kandinsky, Picasso and many, many more) have something to "say" in their works, which I call content.
Chimps and 4 year olds may make pretty decorations, but for me they are not profound art nor are they worth $32,000. But gullible fools can be found everywhere. And we all have different tastes, and I may be proven wrong.