Dave Barry: I’m “Clueless” About Art

Dave Barry willingly acknowledges he’s a “clueless idiot” when it comes to art. But he doesn’t understand some of the art he saw recently at Art Basel Miami: “Anyway, in the corner of one container there was a ratty old collapsed armchair – worn, dirty, leaking stuffing, possibly housing active vermin colonies. I asked the gallery person if the chair was art, and she said yes, it was a work titled “Chair.” I asked her what role the artist had played in creating “Chair.” She said: “He found it.” She noted that “Chair” had been professionally crated and shipped to the art show.”