Disabled Dancers And The Art Form, 20 Years After Arlene Croce’s “Victim Art” Essay

David Jays: “Two decades on, Croce appears stranded on the wrong side of history. Artists bringing personal histories to the table are now mainstream. You see ‘victim art’ in reality TV and verbatim theatre; in the work of oversharing visual artists like Tracey Emin and Ryan Trecartin; and, increasingly, you see it in dance, where an immaculate body and blank-slate persona are no longer the invariable starting point.”

What Will Happen To The New Generation Of Private Museums When Their Founders Die?

“As also happened during the Gilded Age, critics today have raised questions about these new museums’ devotion to their own communities, whether regarding accessibility or admission fees. But what has not been examined so thoroughly is what will happen to these new institutions on the death of the founder or the decline in their collecting activity.”