neotericart

There are a few art sites on my regular reading list. The following is a list of those that I visit most often (besides NeotericArt). Continue reading »

I think the key difference between the Art World (galleries, museums, etc.) and the DIY-do-it-yourself World (cafés, art-walks, open studios, etc.) is that in the Art World, you have to sell yourself (and your work) to a public that doesn’t really know you and is therefore indifferent or even adverse to you. Continue reading »

A while back, a friend and I were discussing music that had been overplayed over the years and had determined that some of it should be locked up in a vault; to be released at a later date when it might be fresh again. We both agreed that the Beatles should be vaulted.

Well, the same is true of the art world. Continue reading »

WTF is a periodic rant about an ill of the art world, one of humankind’s most screwed-up endeavors.

I recently found myself in a discussion about painting and specifically why good interesting work that can stand on its own rarely gets the attention that Neo-Conceptual work, even when poorly executed, receives.

Since academics have taken over art, the purpose of it is to teach Continue reading »

Twenty years ago today, a devastating fire ripped through the Huron–Orleans Building in Chicago. Once a billiard table factory, the structure was home to a large amount of galleries at the time and arguably the center of the River North gallery district. Continue reading »