JUST WHEN DID THE MEDIA START HATING ARTISTS?

Was it art’s “difficult characters?” The big-money 80’s art markets? “The biggest part of the problem may be the front-of-the-book/back-of-the-book structure that ghettoizes all arts coverage, whether news or reviews, in the back pages or special sections. But news is news, and the art(s) worlds are huge industries that demand far more sophisticated news coverage than they receive.” – Media Channel

JUST WHEN DID THE MEDIA START HATING ARTISTS?

Was it art’s “difficult characters?” The big-money 80’s art markets? “The biggest part of the problem may be the front-of-the-book/back-of-the-book structure that ghettoizes all arts coverage, whether news or reviews, in the back pages or special sections. But news is news, and the art(s) worlds are huge industries that demand far more sophisticated news coverage than they receive.” – Media Channel