A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a moveable feast.
I went to Cal Arts. I went to art school.
What a thrill it is to have my writing recognized by an institution as admirable and vital as the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America.
LACMA has the imprimatur of art, and that's a big leg up.
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.
They are works of art that can be considered works of art but don't have to be in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.
I have always loved the Barnsdall Art Center and the Hollyhock House.
I am old enough to remember the enormous fight over Tate Modern. It is such a part of our cultural landscape now, we forget the opposition to it.
Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.
The Met is not only the finest encyclopedic museum of art in the United States; it is arguably the finest anywhere.
The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
The National Gallery is the place that means to represent everything that's good and important in art and show what it believes everyone who is a citizen should recognize and engage.
Different people were complaining, and I remember saying, 'Why don't we just demonstrate?' The Whitney was the first.
