Would he say he's now part of the art establishment?
And that is something the arts establishment does not want.
And like the French, they weren't always appreciated by the art establishment.
"I went my own way and did not need the art establishment," he said proudly.
It is the arts establishment and institutions which are falling down.
What if you tried to tar the whole art establishment with that brush?
Although the academy was a private organization, its program of large exhibitions made it the city's leading art establishment.
Yet the English art establishment was famously slow to champion him.
But it is really a commentary on the timidity of the art establishment.