The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States it is arguably the finest anywhere. – Jerry Saltz
Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books. – Jerry Saltz
When money and hype recede from the art world, one thing I wont miss will be what curator Francesco Bonami calls the Eventocracy. All this flashy art-fair art and those highly produced space-eating spectacles and installations wow you for a minute until you move on to the next adrenaline event. – Jerry Saltz
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