More art law, vintage cheese, art market joy, Justice Ginsburg’s pants, Instagram, and litigation (to come)
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. – Amores Perros (2001)
First, the good news: The Brooklyn Rail has a wonderful interview with the great Imi Knoebel (go straight to page 42). Definitely worth the read. This past week also marked 19 years since Joey Ramone’s death, and, happily, it also marked 40 years since Iron Maiden and Judas Priest blessed us with two seminal releases: Maiden’s eponymous release and Priest’s British Steel. Rumors continue that these two titans will tour together post-Corona. If we could be so lucky! Now look at these two covers: art in a nutshell
Let’s start with news form the The Artmarket Just Got Hotter files. The AAMD (Association of Art Museum Directors) has blessed art institutions with the ethical right—for two years—to sell off artworks in order to cover general expenses. As I said on my blog, this will make auction houses and the Big 4 galleries very, very happy (along with some collectors). I can imagine competion heating up as we speak over who can sell of the Met’s Egyptian collection, or MoMA’s Pollocks, Warhols, and Judds. Will museums change their collection titles from “Permanent Collection” to “Permanent Collection*”? What exactly are “general expenses” in the time of ‘Rona and post-Rona is to be seen—or litigated (of which I mention more below).
A question: Why.Is.Everyone.So.Sensitive? After posting last week’s musings—containing in part my rant on art schools—I received quite a few emails attempting to make arguments on behalf of art schools and the art industry. Listen. Listen. I was not saying that art schools or art departments should all shut down or that they are all inherently useless and culturally bankrupt. I love art. What I was asking is a series of questions every potential art student, chair and dean should ask on a daily basis: Why art? What is my/our understanding of art and it’s role in a social fabric? Can my notion of art be taught? And is the undergrad/grad school system and art residencies currently in place the only way to disseminate this knowledge and questions?
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