“You’re looking at a vast pool of money chasing a finite pool of art,” said Pepe Karmel, associate professor in the art-history department at New York University. “The temptations are huge.”
Tag: 01.22.16
The Utopian Workplace Of Tomorrow Is Here Today
“You can charge for delivering happiness only if you can measure it.”
Another Nude Artist, But This Time On The Toilet For Two Days To Prove How Shitty Contemporary Art Is
“Spectators are invited to sit on a toilet opposite from Ms. Levy and engage with her (though touching the artist is strictly forbidden).”
How We Mourn Baby Boomers, Especially The Famous Ones
“For the famous, immortality may actually be achieved during a lifetime, but the rest of us have to wait until death, when the ice releases our youths, and we become all of our selves again.”
Progress In The Arts? Not Sure That’s A Relevant Idea
“What is progress? In culture, and especially in high culture, progress is the attempt to make something better, which implies hierarchical thinking: if there is something better, this means that there is also something worse.”
Oops! Sotheby’s Reveals Loss From Taubman Sale Guarantees
“On Friday, the auction house announced that it expected to lose $12 million in the fourth quarter of 2015 as a result of the A. Alfred Taubman sale, with half the loss because of a shortfall and half because of related expenses.”
Academy Of Motion Pictures Endorses Membership Reforms In Responding To Diversity Protests
The board said its goal was to double the number of female and minority members by 2020.
Idris Elba Talks To British Parliament About Importance Of Diversity. And Nails It
“How many wonderful stories out there haven’t we heard because the person behind it didn’t have the right look, race, sexual orientation, or whatever else? How different might our worldview be if we were exposed to more realistic representations of society? To find that out, we need to see people with a wide range of backgrounds put in charge of programming and development.”
A Black Boycott Of Oscars? It’s Complicated
“The idea of boycotting the Oscars is an attractive show of solidarity; but it is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg as it pertains to racial biases in Hollywood. Non-white actors and filmmakers continually face further marginalization and fewer opportunities; and if anything, the Oscar backlash is proof that fans and contributors are remaining vigilant in their scrutiny of Hollywood.”
Edmonde Charles-Roux, 95, Prize-Winning Novelist And Editor Of French Vogue
“Ms. Charles-Roux, a decorated nurse and resistance fighter during World War II, found her way into fashion when she was hired in 1946 as a writer for a new women’s weekly, Elle. Two years later, she began writing for the French edition of Vogue, which installed her as editor in chief in 1954 … Four months after she [was fired from] Vogue, To Forget Palermo, her first novel, won the Prix Goncourt.”