I hate art auctions.
Jerry Saltz
I like that the art world isn't regulated.
Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.
Recessions are hard on people, but they are not hard on art.
The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor.
Wolfgang Tillman's stunning large-scale pictures, being shown for the first time, were so offhand I failed to see them as art.
Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing... →
While a large segment of the art world has obsessed over a tiny number of stars and their prices, an aesthetic shift has been occurring. It's not... →
Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches... →
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over... →