Britain chose Tracey Emin for the 52nd Venice Biennale next year.

Eric Fredericksen wrote me:

So, Canada = David Altmejd. Britain = Tracey Emin. USA = Felix Gonzalez Torres. I think US wins so far, even if we did have to exhume a dead guy to do it.

Very much agreed. I’ve never seen Altmejd’s grotesque sculptures in person, but on paper I’m not blown away. And Felix’s empty bed on a billboard beats Tracey’s look-at-me bed any day. Remember, in the movie Radio Days, the story of the baseball player who had heart? Gonzalez-Torres is like him, only seriously.