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The first thing is, as with the Constable Hayway, when we saw it all alone, that's most often how works of art are reproduced. They're reproduced just by themselves without the frames or the pedestals. The second thing to keep in mind is not perfect. They're just not. You always have to worry about the accuracy of the color, or the clarity of the l
... See moreThe Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner was originally an hour long, but the television executives asked me to cut it down to exactly forty-four minutes and ten seconds so it would fit in their schedule. I never felt I was compromising anything by editing the film down to that length. Filmmaking is a craft, and as far as I’m concerned being a craft
... See morePaul Cronin • Werner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cronin
In Benjamin’s view, this opens up art to the masses in a way that has never been possible before, enabling them to escape from the clutches of tradition – a highly desirable outcome for the revolutionary-minded Marxist.
Stuart Sim • Introducing Critical Theory: A Graphic Guide (Graphic Guides Book 0)
The changing world is leveling the playing field and turning us all into amateurs at an unbelievable pace. This is why the role of the curator is getting more and more important at this point in history.
Tiago Forte • The Heart Is the Bottleneck
He has the finest collection of Tibetan wood-block prints in America. He has inspired generations of Stanford students
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
to whom does the meaning of the art of the past properly belong?
John Berger • Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)
The art of any period tends to serve the ideological interests of the ruling class
John Berger • Ways of Seeing
We’re so familiar with this polarization, we regard it as if it were an inevitable fact of nature, rather than what it really is: a cultural and commercial failing. Ideally artists should absorb the best qualities of business and vice versa. Rather than seeing such qualities as opposed to what they stand for as artists or business people, they shou
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