“The dilettantes are always right, because paintings are for looking at, and because every claim about what painting “should be” gets shriveled and old and academic even before the canvas does. The dilettante doesn’t care much about what painting “should be,” only about what it is and has been.”
Tag: 08.07
The Rise And Fall Of The Compact Disc
“Record sales as we know them are in long-term decline. Whereas the wider music market–live, merchandising, streaming video and music social networking–is in rude health. After seven years of gradual change, we are about to see a major shift. Record companies are, at last, in a hurry to transform themselves into proper consumer marketing companies.”
Kimball: The Art World Is A Disaster
Roger Kimball is fed up. “Why is the art world a disaster? Their very ordinariness enhances their value as symptoms. In part, the art world is a disaster because of that ordinariness: because of the popularization and institutionalization of the antics and attitudes of Dada.”
An Architecture Critic Who Makes A Difference
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel architecture critic Whitney Gould has an impact on the way her city is being devloped. “As architects and developers break new ground, remake blocks with infill projects, gut and restore century-old structures, Gould chronicles these changes. As both a reporter and opinion columnist, her views have helped shape the city’s landscape, the decisions of city officials and the design choices of architects.”
Newspapers Abandoning Local Movie Reviews
“Do newspapers need local movie criticism, or is eliminating it simply a smart cost-saving move that frees up resources for more important local fare? This question is entangled with some of the most fundamental quandaries that newspapers face during this time of massive upheaval: How can we best position our dwindling resources to offer something unique in a crowded marketplace?”