"Summer is a great time to visit art museums, which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools - only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art."
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Jerry Saltz is a prominent art critic known for his insightful commentary on contemporary art and his ability to engage a broad audience. Born on February 19, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois, Saltz has carved a unique niche in the art world, serving as the senior art critic for New York magazine and winning the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018. His work transcends traditional criticism as he passionately advocates for art’s relevance in society, inspiring both artists and audiences alike to explore deeper meanings behind creative expressions.
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"Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books."
Jerry Saltz"Abstraction is one of the greatest visionary tools ever invented by human beings to imagine, decipher, and depict the world."
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"Art is for anyone. It just isn't for everyone. Still, over the past decade, its audience has hugely grown, and that's irked those outside the art world, who get irritated at things like incomprehensibility or money."
Jerry Saltz"'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being."
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"Galleries began growing in both number and size in the late seventies, when artists who worked in lofts wanted to exhibit their work in spaces similar to the ones the art was made in."
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