John Baldessari, Throwing four balls in the air to get a square (best of 36 tries), 1974. Image: desordre.net

We think you’ll find the following two articles interesting:

Jane Kallir, writing in The Art Newspaper, bemoans the rise of the collector-driven market. This is more prevalent in the US, what with the Rubell Collection and other collectors’ personal museums - complete with full-time curators, snazzy websites and in-house publications - but is symptomatic of the direction the art world is moving in, even in Canada.

Find this excellent commentary HERE

The second article is a review of two shows - artist as curator and dealers as artists - in the New York Times. VoCA favorite, artist John Baldessari has been trying his hand at curating, and his latest is apparently pretty darn good. A show that displays the creative talents of such dealers as Gavin Brown, Jasmine Guy (of Murray Guy Gallery) and Jeffrey Deitch is also reviewed.

Click HERE for the article.

John Baldessari, I will not make any more boring art, 1971. Image: desordre.net

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