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Friday, March 9, 2007

Just the Facts

posted by on March 9 at 11:38 AM

Up through yesterday the comments were still raging on (approaching the all-time record) in Jen Graves’s original Slog post about the ethical questions raised by art critic Matthew Kangas’s turn as a collector and curator. There are good questions raised in those comments. There is also a lot of speculation and bile. For a broader look at the facts—and the perspective of a lot of people in the field, including artists, art dealers, the New York Times’s culture editor, and a historian of art criticism at Syracuse University—read Graves’s essay here.

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[Above: Eye Spy a Hallmark Hit, an oil painting of Matthew Kangas by Leiv Fagereng, originally created for Vital 5’s 2002 show of artists’ portraits of critics.]

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1

So, why are all of your posts used to promote friends and get yourself involved in other people's discussions? Couldn't this have just been a response to Grave's original post? Thanks you.

Posted by Julia | March 9, 2007 11:40 AM
2

As arts editor, it's Christopher's job to promote the paper's arts sections. Some healthy percentage of people read Slog instead of reading the Stranger proper these days, so it's legit to point out knock-out writing in the paper.

Posted by Amy Kate Horn | March 9, 2007 12:13 PM
3

Knockout? The nut graf was buried at least five long paragraphs deep, almost at the end of the first page of this VVM-length diatribe. Total dancing about architecture, anyway.

Posted by frederick r | March 9, 2007 12:25 PM
4

Just outta curiosity, what is the all time record for comments?

Posted by Mike in MO | March 9, 2007 12:26 PM
5

#3, You're an idiot.

Posted by gh | March 9, 2007 12:33 PM
6

this type of "news" format is still so new that I'm not quite sure that you have the authority to say that it is or is not appropriate for Frizzelle to conintuously promote his friends.

only time can tell how this format will evolve.

This is a new user-centered world and to many people Frizelle et al just alienates the USER with these types of posts.

Posted by julia | March 9, 2007 12:38 PM
7

ARTS EDITOR??? HA!

Posted by ohlord! | March 9, 2007 12:47 PM
8

Hey Julia, Why do you despise Christopher so much? Are you a bad poet?

Posted by sunshine | March 9, 2007 2:24 PM
9

I always feel like
somebody's watching me!

Posted by him | March 9, 2007 3:25 PM
10

Chris is a real art's editor. He's the only reason I read The Stranger.

Posted by Chris is #1 | March 9, 2007 4:41 PM
11

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Posted by Slim | March 20, 2007 6:03 AM

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