Legacy galleries collapsed, nepo babies got cuffed, and the market went full QVC. I survived on white wine, weed, and betrayal. Tote bags up—Armory is coming.
So I dipped out on my own real investment in this world a while ago and certainly haven’t paid much attention to Jerry Saltz in years… why is it that no one says out loud that he’s a creeper? (And much of his writing as you imply is overcompensation) The fact that he actually feels up the art without shame or consequence at openings should be obvious enough
He’s always stuck me as a generational misogynist, someone that puts young attractive female artists on social and I think if people talked about it more there would be some stories to share. Also, I will never get over that he won a Pulitzer for a book that’s not even technically about criticism! Roberta deserves it.
So I dipped out on my own real investment in this world a while ago and certainly haven’t paid much attention to Jerry Saltz in years… why is it that no one says out loud that he’s a creeper? (And much of his writing as you imply is overcompensation) The fact that he actually feels up the art without shame or consequence at openings should be obvious enough
He’s always stuck me as a generational misogynist, someone that puts young attractive female artists on social and I think if people talked about it more there would be some stories to share. Also, I will never get over that he won a Pulitzer for a book that’s not even technically about criticism! Roberta deserves it.
Omg absolutely, think our collective love of Roberta might also make any criticism of Jerry hard to say out loud.
Barn burner.