“Poor Georgia O'Keeffe. Death didn't soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings.”
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Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.
The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing.
Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide-open, tall-ceilinged, super-reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen.
These days, newish art can be priced between $10, 000 and $25, 000. When I tell artists that a new painting by a newish artist should go for around $1, 200, they look at me like I'm a flesh-eating virus.
