Of course it's a racket, not only fraudulent but hypocritical, sanctimonious and self-righteous. This is not new or even recent, but it's now so blatant that it's frankly indecent, not to mention contemptible. However, one must remember the fear factor--the players are mortally afraid of transgressing against the ever-more-rigid orthodoxy, and those who are cynical opportunists are not about to rain on their own parade and jeopardize their prospects, as that would run counter to their agenda.
And Franklin, I take issue with your title. It is not art's progressive omertà, but that of the art world or establishment as it now exists, which is purportedly about art but evidently not really.
As for Saltz and his online affirmations, not to say exhibitionism, of political correctness, that's his business, and it makes little difference whether he gets off on it or feels he must do it. The only thing that interests me about him, or any art critic, is how well he sees art as such and expresses himself about it. I care no more about his politics than I do about Clement Greenberg's, only Greenberg was rather more focused on--and rather better at--his actual job, which was not political commentary.
There was no mob - if there had been I might think differently - personally I think this protest and the resent ones in which people glue themselves to art works are stupid - they do not achieve their purpose -
But their protest are not your issue - your issue is that the liberal art world is hypocritical - which it obviously is - but not unlike many other sectors of capitalist society
As for me I don’t write on such things, I’m an art critic. As for my politics I do believe that at times business as usual must be interrupted and I judge that in accordance with the cause and it’s methodology- as for the museum shutting down in this caseb based on what you wrote this was not protesters objective - but the institutions response - there have been many protest at museums where this was not the result - as such II still think your logic is one of mixing apples and rotten tomatoes.
Big difference between ecologist and decolonist and MAGA’s neo - Fascist. I all ways love how the right wants the left to be self critical - and calls it hypocritical when it doesn’t while ithe Right can’t even take credit for its own egregious acts - I don’t suppose if the Jan 6 er story were true you would have written this screed
Of course it's a racket, not only fraudulent but hypocritical, sanctimonious and self-righteous. This is not new or even recent, but it's now so blatant that it's frankly indecent, not to mention contemptible. However, one must remember the fear factor--the players are mortally afraid of transgressing against the ever-more-rigid orthodoxy, and those who are cynical opportunists are not about to rain on their own parade and jeopardize their prospects, as that would run counter to their agenda.
Thanks for posting an image of that superb stolen Rembrandt, Franklin. Even as a photo it's exquisite.
And Franklin, I take issue with your title. It is not art's progressive omertà, but that of the art world or establishment as it now exists, which is purportedly about art but evidently not really.
As for Saltz and his online affirmations, not to say exhibitionism, of political correctness, that's his business, and it makes little difference whether he gets off on it or feels he must do it. The only thing that interests me about him, or any art critic, is how well he sees art as such and expresses himself about it. I care no more about his politics than I do about Clement Greenberg's, only Greenberg was rather more focused on--and rather better at--his actual job, which was not political commentary.
There was no mob - if there had been I might think differently - personally I think this protest and the resent ones in which people glue themselves to art works are stupid - they do not achieve their purpose -
But their protest are not your issue - your issue is that the liberal art world is hypocritical - which it obviously is - but not unlike many other sectors of capitalist society
As for me I don’t write on such things, I’m an art critic. As for my politics I do believe that at times business as usual must be interrupted and I judge that in accordance with the cause and it’s methodology- as for the museum shutting down in this caseb based on what you wrote this was not protesters objective - but the institutions response - there have been many protest at museums where this was not the result - as such II still think your logic is one of mixing apples and rotten tomatoes.
Big difference between ecologist and decolonist and MAGA’s neo - Fascist. I all ways love how the right wants the left to be self critical - and calls it hypocritical when it doesn’t while ithe Right can’t even take credit for its own egregious acts - I don’t suppose if the Jan 6 er story were true you would have written this screed