For November, Ruya has commissioned a weekly cartoon series on The Art Market, by Baghdad-based caricaturist Khudair Alhimyari.
![November 4](https://d28x8h0673zmns.cloudfront.net/2016/11/November-4-e1479905593622.jpg)
This week’s drawing is a reflection on the aesthetic value of art.
![November 5](https://d28x8h0673zmns.cloudfront.net/2016/11/November-5-e1479905855595.jpg)
This cartoon looks at the supply of art versus the demand.
![depression1](https://d28x8h0673zmns.cloudfront.net/2016/11/depression1-e1479758948745.jpg)
Art also migrates from Iraq, in what is described as “the depression of the art market”.
![artmarket2](https://d28x8h0673zmns.cloudfront.net/2016/11/artmarket2-e1479149938603.jpg)
The man tells his wife: “I would like to fill this house with paintings”.
![artmarket](https://d28x8h0673zmns.cloudfront.net/2016/11/artmarket-e1477997545828.jpg)
A collector visits his local ‘Art Market’.