Filed under: Industry, Money and Finance TodayHedge fund managers, most notably Steven Cohen (SAC Capital) and Ken Griffin (Citadel Investment Group), have become notorious buyers of expensive and trendy contemporary art. It would make sense, then, that the recent poor performance from many mighty hedge funds would have an effect on art prices because hedge fund managers stand to make less money (or perhaps even, gasp, lose money). According to a recent Bloomberg article, "the art market will soften...but it may not happen for six months to a year." However, the article also quotes a Moody's analyst who testified that "we've seen record levels of consigning,..and lots of deals are being done." But I tend to agree with the first source -- the art market will inevitably soften ...