Thoughts on Art — financial benefits of art

My artist friends and I commiserate about when we see people shopping for art at the big retail stores. We secretly want to talk to the person holding the mass-produced print and have an intervention of sorts. Yes, buying art at these stores is convenient, and it can get you to check off your to-do item of "get some art on the walls before Thanksgiving". However, I have to fend for the arts, so I have written the "Top 10 Reasons to Buy Authentic Art and what to do about it!" Read on to get extra tips via compelling articles that support each of the Top 10.