The Art market (n.) is no longer a market at all but a centrifugal sprawl of value, the metastasis of a body irradiated by money.
The Art market (n.) thrives in proportion to art's insignificance, the way politicians last without credibility; both are modern charnel houses of culture.
The Art market (n.) floats free of the real economy, a fantastic outgrowth playing by its own rules, whose disappearance nobody would notice.
The Art market (n.) is value's fetish gone wild: it blows apart the very idea of a market and abolishes the artwork as a work.
A Captive market (n.) is why the Occupied Territories got no development: a military ordinance barred anything that might compete with Israeli business.
The Church bazaar (n.) raises money for the roof and keeps the old grudges in good repair.
The Church bazaar (n.) has a bake table that settles who the congregation actually respects.
A Church bazaar (n.) is the Saturday the congregation competes at being generous.
A Church bazaar (n.) is a fete worse than death.
A Farmer's market (n.) puts the grower close enough to hear you say the price out loud.
A Farmer's market (n.) charges extra for the eye contact.
A Farmer's market (n.) is, to most of the world, simply how food is bought.
A Farmer's market (n.) is vegan church