- Saltz and the new definition of “dickish”
I’ve resisted commentary on the more prolific Jerry Saltz drama taking place these days on the grounds that any refutation of a critic’s reasoned argument that opens by calling said critic “dickish” is not worthy of intelligent consideration - although the underlying dickishness of the hollow discourse in itself is intelligently examined here.
Instead, I’m backtracking […]
- Prescription for a Healthy Art Scene
Not for the first time, I’m going to let Art Fag City do the heavy lifting on this post while I try to get some real work done. They’ve been a bit busy this week too, but made up for reduced content with a lovely smorgasbord of links today, including a dip into the SFMOMA […]
- James North Art Crawl: February
One of the unspoken tensions of the Art Crawl is the extent to which the event revolves around spaces rather than their contents. There is a predictable assortment of galleries along the street that establish an art crawler’s routine more than the prospect of the art itself (if only because oftentimes the exhibitions are poorly […]
- Professional Practice Postscript: On the spending and making of money
A lot of things about the explosion of debate around Vantage Art Projects’ Gatekeepers call continue to bother me. The tone of the discussion often ignored its own rationality in favour of kneejerk name-calling, and the lessons learned seem to be selective. Case in point: Vantage did show concern enough to revise the terms of […]
- Tomorrow: Art Museum Wager Resolved… oh, and Superbowl XLIV, too
Come next week I expect to bring some meatier critical fare to the table, but in the meantime I have paid writing obligations that can’t afford to get sidelined by playing referee to excessive blog histrionics.
So… how about that not-so-local sports team?
Even though my play-off picks leading up to tomorrow’s Superbowl were ridiculously bad […]
- Gatekeepers, Copyright and Curatorial Quandries
While there have been numerous developments as a consequence of Diana Poulsen’s criticism of Vantage Art Projects, I have been content to let Diana report those updates on her own follow-up post. Even at the expense of much dramatic name-calling and editorializing of certain actionable phrases, the value of the dialogue is clearly demonstrated in […]
