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
Decades ago, Gerhard Richter found a painterly philosopher's stone. Like Jackson Pollock before him, he discovered something that had been in painting all along, always overlooked or discounted. Jerry Saltz agodecadediscount Change image and share on social
As I went through 'This Progress,' one of two performance pieces by Tino Sehgal that transform Frank Lloyd Wright's emptied-out spiral into a dreamy Socratic-purgatorial journey, the museum literally fell away. I was suspended in some weird nonspace. Jerry Saltz dreamyemptyfall share on social
Art usually only makes the news in America when the subject is money. Jerry Saltz americaartmake Change image and share on social
Where Cezanne captured and intensified shards of the eternal (every pear far more sharply defined than it could be in life), Monet portrayed the changeability and flux of every moment. 'The Water Lilies' give you a jittery, amorphous sense of a world seen at the speed of light. Jerry Saltz amorphouscapturecezanne share on social
I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary. Jerry Saltz artartistbritish share on social
Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe. Jerry Saltz artattendchange Change image and share on social
Turns out Picasso's passion for uncertainty, mystery, and the thrill of life never ended. Jerry Saltz endlifemystery Change image and share on social
My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies - is Christian Marclay's endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece 'The Clock.' Jerry Saltz christianclockecstatic share on social
Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness. Jerry Saltz abstractionactualityalternative Change image and share on social
