Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes jacuzzi museum present
Artists and art institutions have to learn how to play hardball. A democratic society needs a democratic art and we have a right to demand it. Hans Haacke artartistdemand Change image and share on social
When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that. Hans Haacke admireartbeauty Change image and share on social
What I'm very upset about is the attempt to dictate to museums what they show, and the statements made by politicians in Washington that have curtailed the freedom of the National Endowment for the Arts. The attention to those issues is deflected by the spin of my supposedly having trivialized the Holocaust. Hans Haacke artattemptattention share on social
It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. George Santayana aestheticismamericaart Change image and share on social
While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written under the sign of a political mood. Rick Perlstein bookendintentional Change image and share on social
April Fool is widely considered one of the top yachts ever built by Feadship, the famed Dutch shipyard. Launched in 2006, April Fool has a huge master stateroom, a Jacuzzi on the fourth-level sun deck, a sauna, and sprawling outdoor dining lounge. The yacht first came onto the market in 2011 with a price of $69.5 million. Kayla Tausche aprilconsiderdeck share on social