Martland

WHEN WE FIRST CONSIDERED THE SPOILSPORT, WE DID NOT CITE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, AND IF WE WERE WISE WE WOULD NOT DO SO HERE; BUT TO ME THE ART SCENE DOES SUGGEST AS CANDIDATES THOSE DEALERS, CRITICS, MUSEUM CURATORS, AND WIELDERS OF COMMISSIONS WHO SPOIL THE ART GAME BY SUBJECTING ITS FACTS, ITS WORKS, AND ITS PROGRESS TO PURPOSES AND VALUES TOTALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE GAME AS IT IS BEING PLAYED. THEY USE THE GAME BUT DO NOT PLAY IT, THEREBY THEY SPOIL IT.