My Life As A Critic

Village Voice art critic Jerry Saltz seems a little overwhelmed by by his job as an art critic. “It is a thrilling, humbling, weird business. You go to shows, sometimes as many as 40 a week, looking, always looking, and thinking, ‘Is this the show I’ll write about? Is this the one?’ It’s like wondering who you’ll marry. You’re constantly dangling the line of your responses into the stream of exhibitions. For better or for worse, shows usually choose you.”