do you reckon this photo has artistic qualities?

It doesn't look special to me.

im afraid, i dont feel what you're feeling

I think it COULD have interesting qualities if there were a story to it.

other than that it may vaguely resemble ....the boating party by toulouse lautrec in the arrangement of guests and the string of lights along the back wall

Honestly, looks more like a candid to me.....I don't see anything 'artsy' about it. Sorry.

Sorry. No.

The young man looks like he would like to be rescued from that conversation. He looks like he is very uncomfortable and wishes he was doing something completely different and far away from there.

I think if the guy was leaning on the table looking bored or depressed it would have been better. I like the lights in the background.