"A return to connoisseurship"

Artinfo.com has asked a group of curators, dealers, artists and other folks what the next big trend will be (thanks Ed for the tip - go to his site for more reader forecasts)

There were two interesting themes that came through in the predictions:

• India is the next China
• Big flashy art is over - small, considered (aka cheaper) pieces are coming back. Sweetly, New York dealer Leigh Conner suggested that with fine artists going back to making fine art, "gallerists will scramble to become sincere about art again."

So - no skulls, no antlers. New Zealand's 2007/08 meme seems to be public sculpture in all its guises. What does 2009 hold for us?