Worse than I Thought

So I have always thought that art has destroyed itself in some aspects. It became so "high society" and inaccessible that the general public gave up and dismissed it as "impertinent" to their lives. And today, sadly, I found some proof that it may be worse than I originally thought. Now, instead of just ignoring the art of the last century, many people seem to dislike or even hate the artists and the "styles" that came about. They simply dismiss them as "talentless scam artists." I can understand the thought, but it made me write the following, which was based off of reading a large amount of the comments on the article

"The best thing about these arguments is that it is obvious that many people degrading or denouncing the piece or Picasso know nothing about the man, the art, or the history of art. Read any biography for more than twenty minutes and you will find Picasso was regarded as a prodigy at a very young age and was exceptional at "traditional" artistic techniques. He painted in a traditional style for years in his early life, and even while he was becoming well-known, he still painted representationally and somewhat realistically (though it was a bit stylistic). So saying Picasso is a talentless hack is just factually incorrect. He could have painted beautiful history scenes, but chose to try styles and ideas no one else had ever done. If you don't like it that's one thing, but to makeup facts based on a small amount of knowledge is irresponsible. Same with Pollock who always gets railed when he sells anything. His old work was surreal, and his drip paintings were actually a much later development in his artistic career. As for the "my kid can do that" argument. No they can't and no you can't. If you could, then do it and sell it for even 100$. Unless you go out and do it, you have no right to say anything to that point. Even Pollock's drip paintings are 100% unique to him, and it's almost impossible to pass off a fake of his work to the people who are "knowledgable" on the subject. So, you don't have to like it, you don't have to respect it even, but you have no right to express any opinion that is baseless."

 Seems like my mission just got a few levels harder and education might be the best tool.

read the article (which is incorrect by the way. That is not the most expensive painting at all.) and the comments below...seems like the value of picasso might be getting a late boost by commentors.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110307/lf_nm_life/us_picasso_tate?rated_comment=59758287#mwpphu-comment-59758287