Seven Days in the Art World
It’s interesting with art. Some people have the ability—and the energy—not just to make the work, but to make sure it’s put in exactly the right place, at the right moment. Some artists realize they have to spend as much time as it took them to get an idea in finding the way to show it, and the infrastructure to support it. And some artists just do
... See moreMarina Abramovic • Walk Through Walls: A Memoir
Your Brain on Art
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There, art was something that was just an accessory to a lifestyle. You painted or sculpted or made crappy installation pieces because it justified a wardrobe of washed-soft T-shirts and dirty jeans and a diet of ironic cheap American beers and ironic expensive hand-rolled American cigarettes. Here, however, you made art because it was the only thi
... See moreHanya Yanagihara • A Little Life: The Million-Copy Bestseller (Picador Collection)
I don’t think we’ve ever needed genuine works of art — imaginative creations that press us to see the world in larger or at least different ways than our standard everyday media-navigation categories allow — more than we do now. But our current resources are few, because of the ways the major art-related organizations have lost any discernible sens... See more
ayjay • art for humanity’s sake – The Homebound Symphony
It was a transformational experience, and he remembered wondering how an artist could create something that would affect him so deeply.
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
The prestige recession
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