Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts. – Jerry Saltz
The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States it is arguably the finest anywhere. – Jerry Saltz
Megacollectors suppose they can enter art history by spending astronomical amounts. – Jerry Saltz
The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States it is arguably the finest anywhere. – Jerry Saltz
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahns work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isnt simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved isms and twists. – Jerry Saltz
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The other claims that when money ebbs, so do prospects for women. – Jerry Saltz
Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say…. Well may I fast, not from bread but from business, bookmaking, duty doing & other trifles…. I’m in the woods woods woods, & they are in mee-ee-ee…. I wish I were wilder & so bless Sequoia I will be. – John Muir, from a letter to Jeanne C. Carr, circa autumn 1870, ©1984 Muir-H