286 Quotes by Jerry Saltz

All art comes from other art, and all immigrants come from other places.

Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.

Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for its timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness.

Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary shelter from the storm.

Among living artists, George Condo may be the most embraced by the powers that be.

The debut show, "Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary," is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There's good work here, but much of what's on view is actually more about obsession and repetition: a couch made out of 3,500 quarters, a necklace composed of 100 handgun triggers. The building [of Museum of Arts and Design], too, seems caught between wanting to be an object of decorative delectation and making an architectural statement.

Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie-jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade.

Outside museums, in noisy public squares, people look at people. Inside museums, we leave that realm and enter what might be called the group-mind, getting quiet to look at art.

Contrary to popular opinion, things don't go stale particularly fast in the art world.