I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where their taste is... →
Jerry Saltz
In the seventies, a group of American artists seized the means not of production but of reproduction. They tore apart visual culture at a time of no... →
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I won't miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the 'Eventocracy.' All... →
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their... →
The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn.
Money is something that can be measured; art is not. It's all subjective.
Art usually only makes the news in America when the subject is money.
Now people look at 'The Scream' or Van Gogh's 'Irises' or a Picasso and see its new content: money. Auction houses inherently... →
Much good art got made while money ruled; I like a lot of it, and hardship and poverty aren't virtues. The good news is that, since almost no one... →
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other... →