Saturday, February 24, 2007

Art, art everywhere

There are more major art shows in New York this weekend than there will be in the UK all year.

The city has gone art crazy - especially as city bonuses are at an all time high and it's Tax Refund time. So once you have the houses and the cars the only thing that's left to do is invest in some canvas... and people are going crazy.

Of course all of this leads to endless debate about the Disney-fication of art and the show stopping tactics of young artists trying to make a name for themselves (giant beams of light being a biggy this year). PS1 - one of my favorite modern art places has responded to the feeding frenzy with a show called 'Not For Sale' where, you guessed it, nothing on display can be purchased.

Me? Well I'll see how big the bonus is and check out the original Everharts.

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