Talking Heads

That's Portfolio's Felix Salmon and I on Bloggingheads discussing the art market: from Eli Broad and supercollectors to the Russian oligarchs to parallels between an art world in crisis today (Murakami, Koons, Hirst) and yesterday (Halley, Salle, and Fischl). Did I forget to mention Julian Schnabel?!

Click here to reach a screen with chapter headings and permalinks as well as other Bloggingheads features with such estimable characters as Chris Hayes and Eve Fairbanks.

One theme Salmon and I touch on during the recording is the sense that poverty is a virtue and that artists and dealers operating in a declining market are free in a way that they are not when they are selling art. I call this a crock in the Guardian.

In print: Reviews in Art in America, Art Papers, and Art Lies.

And one more thing! I am part of an Internet Food Association. Also! I helped to jury the "Unlimited Edition" show for the Arlington Arts Center.