Quotes

Leading art mag says ‘As for contemporary art, 95% of it cannot be taken seriously.’

I’m like the atheist priest who understands the salutary effect of religion. You can’t be the leader of Scientology if you believe in aliens

The two leading critics – Roberta Smith of the New York Times and Jerry Saltz of the Village Voice, are married to each other.

Art basel takes place in a purpose built hall called by the Germans a Messe, as in worshipers going to Mass.

Who are on a slow burn, very good, very serious, not in the fast track, but pursuing their own artistic interests with tenacity, quirkiness,

I’m an atheist, but I believe in art. I go to galleries like my mother went to church. It helps me to understand the

John Baldessari sees the art market as unwholesome and irrational. ‘You can use money as an index of quality. That is a fallacy. That

More people than ever are buying contemporary art, and chances are that most of it is historically insignificant. It may be personally meaningful, intelligent,

For me, you care one hundred percent about what you do. You can’t say ‘it’s okay like this, but it could have been a

Even if the people here tonight were initially lured into the auction room by a love of art, they find themselves participating in a