Jerry Saltz : (9)

" My nominee for Best Picture of the year – maybe the best picture ever, because it’s essentially made up of and is an ecstatic love letter to all other movies – is Christian Marclay’s endlessly enticing must-see masterpiece ‘The Clock.’ " - Jerry Saltz

" The New York gallery scene being as incredibly overpopulated and overmoneyed as it is, deep conflicts and contradictions aren’t hard to find. " - Jerry Saltz

" When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting. " - Jerry Saltz

" I rage against Vincent van Gogh for needing to die at 37, after painting for only ten years. " - Jerry Saltz

" ‘Untitled’ is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being. " - Jerry Saltz

" Poor Georgia O’Keeffe. Death didn’t soften the opinions of the art world toward her paintings. " - Jerry Saltz

" The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city’s magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand. " - Jerry Saltz

" The art gods cooked up something special for James Ensor. " - Jerry Saltz

" The art world is molting – some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back. " - Jerry Saltz