Collecting art is more than a hobby. It is a practice that can have economic, social, historical and even political implications. How to recognize the importance of collecting one or another piece? What does it mean to collect art professionally? What aspects should I take into account? The following list […]
Importance
Peter Schjeldahl on the Importance of Scale
I relish the abundance of relatively—and poignantly—dud paintings in “At the Dawn of a New Age: Early Twentieth-Century American Modernism,” at the Whitney Museum. With an emphasis on abstraction, the exhibit attributes a selection of seldom exhibited performs, most owned by the museum, that had been built for the duration […]