Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking. Jerry Saltz adoreartbehavior share on social
Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look. Jerry Saltz aliveartistduma share on social
The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do, or is worth on an existential, alchemical level. Jerry Saltz alchemicalartexistential Change image and share on social
After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu. Jerry Saltz aestheticappropriationart Change image and share on social
To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting. Jerry Saltz artboredishonest Change image and share on social
If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by. Jerry Saltz artbackdevote share on social
The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor. Jerry Saltz artcookensor Change image and share on social
Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise - all are now the norm, often edging out much else. Jerry Saltz artaudiencecontemplation share on social
You can't prove Rembrandt is better than Norman Rockwell - although if you actually do prefer Rockwell, I'd say you were shunning complexity, were secretly conservative, and hadn't really looked at either painter's work. Taste is a blood sport. Jerry Saltz bloodcomplexityconservative share on social
Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included. Jerry Saltz americaartestimate Change image and share on social
