“Venice is the perfect place for a phase of art to die. No other city on earth embraces entropy quite like this magical floating mall.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Summer is a great time to visit
“Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools – only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Category: art
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First let me report that the art
“First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity.”
— Jerry Saltz
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The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when
“The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn.”
— Jerry Saltz
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I have a soft spot for art
“I have a soft spot for art that, in terms of subject matter and material, is in bad taste.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Galleries began growing in both number and
“Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in.”
— Jerry Saltz
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In the seventies, a group of American
“In the seventies, a group of American artists seized the means not of production but of reproduction. They tore apart visual culture at a time of no money, no market, and no one paying attention except other artists. Vietnam and Watergate had happened; everything in America was being questioned.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Summer is a great time to visit
“Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools – only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Category: cool
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The secret of food lies in memory
“The secret of food lies in memory – of thinking and then knowing what the taste of cinnamon or steak is.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history
“Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Auction houses run a rigged game. They
“Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.”
— Jerry Saltz
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Category: work
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