7 AUGUST 1982, Page 17

Unworthy

Sir: I must protest at Taki's rude dismissal of 'modern art' (17 July). Young Taki, as he admits, took an interest in modern art in the hope that it would make him a quick buck. Middle-aged Taki now damns all modern art because it didn't. Such an undandified confusion of prices and values is, we know, unworthy of him.

John McEwen

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