Its first issue leads with a piece by Robert Zaller on why moving the Barnes is a big mistake, even as he admits that the Barnes board and management screwed up big time. (For some reason he thinks they’ll do better if left to their own devices). Zaller’s argument about the Barnes move swallowing inordinate quantities of local arts funding dollars, thereby starving other local art institutions, is his strongest point.
Hooray for more art coverage. Given the piss-poor amount of in-print coverage these days, online is gaining daily in the importance of its reviews.
Shop local, shop artists this holiday season, a short list
Memento Mori, A trip through skulls, Sotheby’s, shot glasses and soap
The quintessence of collaboration – Damon Kowarsky and Atif Khan in Hybrid at Twelve Gates Arts