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The Amateur as Critic "It is, I suspect, difficult to the point of impossibility for the average reader under the age of forty to imagine a time when high-quality arts criticism could be found in most big-city newspapers." Commentary Magazine 11/1/07
Waiting for the big bust "After three years of speculation about a bust, will this be the moment when the art market finally crumbles? Auction house experts who have spent the last six months mapping out the sales say the business-getting season fell into two distinct chapters: before the subprime mortgage crisis struck in August, and after." The New York Times 11/04/07
Do Artists need that PhD? "The master of fine-arts degree has long been sufficient for artists seeking to teach at the college level. But significant change may be on the horizon, as increasing numbers of college and university administrators are urging artists to obtain doctoral degrees. Pushing artists toward doctoral programs fundamentally changes their focus and goals. The Ph.D. says to the university, 'I am committing myself to academe,' whereas the M.F.A. primarily reflects a commitment to developing one's skills as an artist. Requiring studio artists to become researchers as well would diminish their ability to keep one foot in the exhibition world" Chronicle Review 11/2/07
Which artists will be famous 105 years from now? "Artnews has a list. But "Jeff Koons, whose collectors include billionaire Eli Broad, and Damien Hirst, whose shark is owned by hedge-fund manager Steven Cohen, failed to draw a vote from museum curators nominating artists who'll be famous in 105 years' time for U.S. magazine ARTnews." Bloomberg 10/30/07
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