The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd and useless arrangements, or by carefully painting and antiquing a Coca-Cola logo on an ancient Chinese pot. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist style. Zhang Xiaogang, Huang Yong Ping, Ai WeiWei, Yue Minjun, and Wang Guangyi were among… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
Historically, art has always had a market. When one medieval fiefdom defeated another they would drag back its jewels, gold, tapestries and art objects… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
Some prescient American collectors, including Vicki and Kent Logan and Mera and Donald Rubell, began collecting Chinese art before 2000 with a genuine passion,… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
It's possible to have more than one interest. I've been a painter and did summer stock. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
Art is not an investment. Art is something you buy because you are financially solvent enough to give yourself a pleasure of living with… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists… — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century. — Arne Glimcher Copy Share Image
