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.
An average Joe discovers a $200 million trove of Ansel Adams negatives at a garage sale, struggling art vendors protest new regulations, and flip-flop wearing bargain hunters clamor for Lawrence Salander’s belongings. This week in art news: don’t forget the little guy.
1. YouTube Play Generates Buzz and Frustration
The jury Read More
The art world hates Work of Art, reports Salon. Why could this be?
California College of the Arts professor Glen Helfand chalks it up to (shocker) high-minded disdain for reality-TV tackiness:
Just hearing people on television discuss “the work” in art-world lingo, makes us art-world denizens shudder: In the context of Read More
Reviews are in for Work of Art: The Search for the Next Great Artist, Bravo’s attempt at an art-world Project Runway. Sarah Jessica Parker produced the show, which offers the winner a $100,000 and a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum.
The Times approves, sort of:
Without even trying, “Work of Art” resurrects Read More
