In the last 40 years we have witnessed a vastly increased internationalization of art and the art world, which, largely, can be accounted for by better communication, especially via the Internet, and cheap air travel. We have watched the biennialization of the art world, the rise and rise of the curator and the collecting classes. We have been blockbustered, and watched the art museum become a theme park for mass tourism. I'd like to say there's a more informed public, and higher visual literacy than before, but I'm not sure if this is necessarily true. It's OK to like art now, but what difference does it make if you do?
It is easier to be an artist now, but harder to know what art to make. For art and artists London has changed for the better, New York for the worse. Berlin is cheap, Paris is still sleeping, Madrid is a mess and Shanghai is not a realistic option. Nevertheless, the world gets ever more horrible, everywhere.

With thanks to Adrian Searle