Jerry Saltz on What It Takes to Be an Art Critic Today
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The New Yorker Magazine - Is That a Good Idea?
A lot of critics don't have that kind of geographic specificity in their title or maybe even in their conception. Is that something that's very helpful that you think critics should refine? Or should they go and branch out and be more impressionistic, like just going wherever they catch their eye? How do you navigate this if you're not working for a New York specific publication? I think the first of all the young should be writing about the young and maybe attacking the old. That's one category that knows no location. Put note, there's probably less location based stuff now because more people travel. They go to art fairs and documentaries and all of that stuff. Those spaces are tremendous time
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