Sure, the market for new visual art is booming among the super-rich. Marion Maneker argues that art can become vitally important to the wider public – well, educated urbanites – the way high-quality food has, and in more or less the same way.
Category: visual
A Major New Museum In South Florida, And They’re Funding It All Themselves
Norman and Irma Braman promise that, for the new Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, “not one cent of taxpayer dollars are going into the construction, or the acquisition of properties for the sculpture garden, or anything.” And they will not put their name on it, either.
As Our Relationships With Artists Change, So Do The Ways We Treat Public Art
“We don’t see artists as sole, heroic, mysterious creators any more. We are used to appropriation of all kinds, from sampling to mashups to critical homages. We are used to referencing and remixing. We are in constant debate over the possibility of originality. And we are used to the idea of art as vandalism, too.”
What’s Wrong With Art School
Jerry Saltz: “A lot of the timid, judgment-averse writing afoot in criticism, as well as the snark adopted by those who were turned cynical in critical programs before they even had a chance to exercise belief, can be traced back to these posh programs. We need to find a way to stop dogmas from being taught and teachers from inculcating students with ideas that were fashionable 30 or 40 years ago, when the instructors were the student’s age.”
As China’s Art Market Explodes, An Old Mandarin Tradition Is Revived
“The literati tradition holds the appreciation of art, calligraphy, music, chess and other ‘gentlemanly’ pursuits in high esteem. … Cultural power-brokers have been keen to promote old-style art collecting values, based on connoisseurship, history and tradition. In this vein, museums have been focusing on important collectors and their collections.”
Folks Do Not Like Pantone’s New Color Of The Year
Marsala. Pantone describes it as “a naturally robust and earthy wine red color”. The Cut describes it as “a color that makes you want to go to Olive Garden or order Tampax in bulk” – and the online commentariat has lots of equally unappetizing assessments.
Satellite Fairs Like Art Basel Miami Beach Can Show Power Curators ‘The Next Big Thing’
“Fairs are tough on art—and dealers. Curators on tight schedules are not going to ring twice, if a gallerist is missing in action when they visit the fair.”
Who Owns Public Art, And How Do We Feel About That (A Sea Change)
“These are different times. We don’t see artists as sole, heroic, mysterious creators any more. We are used to appropriation of all kinds, from sampling to mashups to critical homages. We are used to referencing and remixing. We are in constant debate over the possibility of originality. And we are used to the idea of art as vandalism, too.”
Art Museums Have Contentious Histories. Where Is That Preserved?
“I don’t want to see any art museum start to divert its precious gallery space toward display of such ‘ephemera’ as correspondence, records of provenance, histories of patrons, posters of old shows, etc. But if there were a separate museum devoted to that, with changing exhibitions, I’d certainly buy a membership.”
Britain Did WHAT With One Of The Elgin Marbles?!
Why, transported it in complete secrecy to loan to Russia, of course. What, you thought the British Museum might give the Parthenon sculptures back to Greece?