So much to talk about

My head is popping with all the things I've been meaning to write up here.

I still haven't gotten around to addressing the mention of blogs in (yawn) Art in America and the developing battle between pros and amateurs [sic] which extends beyond blogs. I think this is also related to LACMA blocking access to blogs, but time will tell if that's just general organizational fumbling.

The definition and responsibilities of a "critic" seems to be a popular topic these days, at least amongst critics. Which is a good place for the conversation to stay. The real answer to the specialist/generalist is probably somewhere in the middle. No discipline is so isolated that some amount of understanding of its outside influences wouldn't be advantageous. At the same time, no one (or very few) can possibly be so wide ranging in interest to truly be able to write about just whatever pops into their head with a modicum of skill and insight.

I've been meaning to continue my thinking on how to stem the burgeoning crowds at MoMA, which I obviously glossed over too quickly earlier this week. I never thought I'd crack open my microeconomic textbook again, but it's gonna come in handy.

And, hey!, the big jumbo-tron advertising billboard around the corner from my office is displaying photos from the Magnum photo agency all month long. I'll swing by, take a couple of snaps and post 'em up for you non-Port Authority NYers and non-NYers. (Guess we'll push that recovery in the ad biz out one... more... month.)

Plus a couple of new shows are opening this week that should be interesting. Maybe I'll even get out to the galleries for the first time since my son was born!