I've been thinking I'd probably have to make an exception for this show to my recent complaining about how unfunny the art world and its attempts at humor tend to be. It sounds like a lot of fun.

I was thinking about what you wrote last night. I was enjoying a perfect lazy evening watching Palm Pictures fest shorts via On Demand, but it was somewhat spoiled by a doc on Don Judd about Marfa. There was Judd, describing his amazing compound and talking about what art is and ought to be, and something became clear from watching him speak that I hadn't picked up on in his writing: The man has zero sense of humor.

His work, of course, isn't "funny" work, so it's neither here nor there, but he was a mildly annoying grump.

I thought "mildly annoying grump" was pretty much the standard line on Judd as a person. But it's not just him, and I at least (as a mildly annoying grump myself) prefer that to people (or artwork) who think they're funny when they are not.

I would like to comment on the recent show ian and jane at dcac and the nature of the dc art scene. It is ridiculous that the Washington post writes articles about anything that happens in dc art, there are so few galleries and absolutely nothing happening of interest in the city that Jessica Dawson has to write a review positively about a silly idea and show that parodies a meaningless event. I find it boring and sad that anything is considered art and being hip and clever override the idea of skill and talent. Matt Klos meanwhile gets panned and wins the Bethesda painting prize. It makes me wonder if the writing and criticism in the city is irrelevant and we all would rather reward a party then skill and thought. Good luck to dc and its piggy backing of NY and the east coast, too late to be cool just keep trying to be clever.