I don't want to hear at all what the artist thinks about his art. And I'm not writing for the artist. I'm… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
In 1998, Artnet was the site that convinced me that if my writing didn't exist online, it didn't exist at all. It… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
More and more in the art world are becoming moralistic, telling artists and critics what they should and shouldn't write, do, or… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Anybody who writes knows the horrible, wonderful, beautiful foulness that comes every week. A lot of moaning, screaming agony - "Oh my… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Being critical of art is a way of showing art respect. No sports writer would say, "Well the Yankees had a great… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing on the present. Yet… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I think that writing is a process that tells you what you think. You sometimes actually don't know what your opinion is… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
The reason I love blogs so much right now is that I am seeing more critical voices appear, and that's kind of… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Any critic will tell you that there are a few dealers where you get a little bit scared to go into their… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I wish I could write about shows outside New York. I often feel like the last person to know anything, because I… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Any negative review you write, they'll say, "Oh, you're being so mean." I think the problem with a lot of criticism is… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
One argument goes that recessions are good for female artists because when money flies out the window, women are allowed in the house. The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
The German ueber-photographer Andreas Gursky was the perfect pre-9/11 artist. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
The debut show, “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There’s good work here,… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
While the space for artists and curators has increased enormously, maybe, just maybe, that's left room for too many people calling themselves artists and… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their money where… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
My nominee for Best Picture of the year - maybe the best picture ever, because it's essentially made up of and is an ecstatic… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
Many things happened in the sixties, but the period is no more significant, better, or more 'political' than today. It's time to turn the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
When people in stadiums do the Wave, it's the group-mind collective organism spontaneously organizing itself to express an emotion, pass time, and reflect the… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
Few contemporary artists mined the space between the ordinary and the strange better than Orozco did. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to have been… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
There's one Baldessari work I genuinely love and would like to own, maybe because of my Midwestern roots and love of driving alone. 'The… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share
