Why Are There All-White Paintings in Museums Worth Millions?

Perhaps the most commonly uttered phrase inside a modern art museum is, “I could do that.” If everyone can create these controversial pieces, why did artist Robert Ryman‘s all-white painting, “Bridge,” fetch $20.6M at auction? Is it even really art? Paintings like Ryman’s are considered Minimalism Art, which came about in the late 1950s as …