Photography is the easiest thing to make, and one of the hardest things to make well.
The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.
I've always said that an art critic can put aside politics around art.
When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting.
The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor.
Craft is not a category; it's a means. The folks running the museum [Museum of Arts and Design]are sharp, and they know this, but they are in a bind.