The Most Popular Artist The Artworld Doesn’t Like

Jack Vettriano is the most popular contemporary artist in Britain. He’s” sold more than three million poster reproductions around the world and earns an estimated £500,000 a year from the royalties. The works themselves disappear from public view into the hands of private collectors, with buyers including Hollywood star Jack Nicholson, composer Sir Tim Rice and British actor Robbie Coltrane.” So why is his work unloved and uncollected in “official” art world circles?