Art is for anyone. It just isnt for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and thats irked those outside the art world, who get irritated at things like incomprehensibility or money. – Jerry Saltz
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age. – Jerry Saltz
Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics arent necessarily more high-minded than gallerists. – Jerry Saltz
Abstract Expressionism – the first American movement to have a worldwide influence – was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and youll find a would-be Willem de Kooning). – Jerry Saltz