Willing Suspension of Belief
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers. -- James Baldwin Art does not reproduce the visible; rather,...
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers. -- James Baldwin Art does not reproduce the visible; rather,...
Richard Dare | Posted 05.27.2012
Art has always tended to speak truth to power, to enlighten us, to challenge us, to stretch our understanding of ourselves and our place in the universe. It wasn't always so self-referential, so blasé, so up for grabs.
Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.29.2012
In my experience docents are painfully well intentioned, more or less informed, and extraordinarily tenacious. Yet I confess, I avoid them and have always avoided them.
Mat Gleason | Posted 03.06.2012
It is 2012, but in the art world it is often still 1966. Some of the "traditions" underlying the business side of the gallery and museum world date back decades. Don't let 'em fool you that they are hip.
Toni Emerson | Posted 11.17.2011
Love is the seat of creativity and shares with it similar desires and qualities of expression and expansion.
Lewis Lapham | Posted 05.25.2011
The supposition that art is a gift as opposed to a collectible, something that doesn't try to sell you anything, runs counter to our contemporary notions of what constitutes a meaningful exchange.
Brian D. Cohen | Posted 04.13.2012