Aspiring photographers, head outside and take some photos—now’s your chance to be critiqued (and maybe discovered!) by New York Magazine art critic and Work of Art judge Jerry Saltz.
On Monday, Saltz began soliciting blizzard photos on his Facebook page, which would be uninteresting except that some of the photos are quite good Read More
Jerry Saltz is interacting with the laypeople again. The art critic and Work of Art judge (and re-capper, and comment-responder) is turning a feature he wrote for New York Magazine last week into a book—and he’s asking for help on his Facebook page.
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The Smithsonian discovers just how much the Abstract Expressionists drank, Artinfo puts together a list of artworlders’ favorite restaurants, and bloggers worry celebrity obsession has hit a new high. This week in art news: Your guiltiest pleasures.
1. Scientists Investigate Stendhal Syndrome
A group of scientists in Florence are monitoring the vital signs Read More
A princess begins work at Christie’s, ancient apostle paintings discovered in Rome, and work by Stephen Vitiello and Yoko Ono take root in New York. It can’t be a slow summer when there is this much action in the art world.
1. Princess Eugenie of York Interns at Christie’s
Princess Eugenie, the 20-year-old daughter of Read More
Last night Bravo screened the pilot for their new art-themed reality show, Work of Art, at the Paley Center for Media in midtown. The show, which premieres June 9, follows the formula of Project Runway, with 14 contestants (culled from more than a thousand applicants) competing over the course of the season for a solo Read More
Jerry Saltz and Roberta Smith, two of the most powerful art critics in New York, spent Valentine’s Day together seeing a few art shows—nothing out of the ordinary for the couple, married 18 years, who visit dozens of museums and galleries every week in service of their respective columns—hers in The New York Times, his Read More
The chill in the air? That sense of an impending ice age, with no foreseeable thaw? Not entirely the weather. In this week’s New York Magazine, art critic Jerry Saltz files his report from the Frieze Art Fair in London on the effects of the financial crisis on the contemporary art world. The Read More
Today, New York announced today that Jerry Saltz, the long-time art critic for the Village Voice, is joining the staff next month. It’s a significant loss for the Voice‘s culture section, considering that Saltz is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.
So how long until Hoberman splits?
Release is after the jump.
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Jerry Saltz, the art critic for The Village Voice , must be the most optimistic guy in town. That, or the most delusional-it’s hard to tell. Either way, he’s happy.
Witness his recent column titled “Rays of Light,” a hit-and-run synopsis of 85 current shows, most of them in Chelsea. This kind of article Read More
A Happy Guy Tours Chelsea,
Sees Plenty in a Bleak Season
Jerry Saltz, the art critic for The Village Voice , must be the most optimistic guy in town. That, or the most delusional-it’s hard to tell. Either way, he’s happy.
Witness his recent column titled “Rays of Light,” a hit-and-run synopsis of Read More
