Art at that level usually as very little to do with how more talented or how much better you are than lets say someone who's just won the Turner prize for his or her work, it's very fickle and driven by luck and if you have the right financial backers promoting you then your are sitting pretty, the Art world is under the control of big money always as been and if they like you then you will succeed no matter what, and anyone with a brain must understand this, just take Vincent Van Gough, sold one painting in his lifetime, then he died, then big money decided he was great, Big money 1 Vincent 0. it happens all the time, if you face fits your in if it dont then we will wait till you die then reap the rewards.
Regards Jamie