Chris, I disagree. I don't need their permission to vote. And my vote eventually makes a difference one way or another. In the end of the day they depend on my paying for going to museum. Presently our art museum has a strong impressionist show with examples from all over. Along they display paintings of old masters to show the influences. Show makes a lot of money. Could it happen if they had Ilya Kobakov and company? I think not. Boris Shoshensky
-- "Chris Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I think it is a brilliant idea, for obvious reasons, on Louvre's part. Duel between foes on neutral turf. It is the best way to show what is going to be killed in the competition and why. Boris Shoshensky It would be a brilliant idea if the public were allowed to vote for winners of this competition -- but we're not. And that's how the visual arts are so much different from literature and music -- where the public votes with the books they buy and the concerts they attend. Which is why -- jazz fan that I am -- I could care less whether Derek or anyone else calls Jazz 'art' or not. There's plenty of room in the market place for every genre of music as long as enough people enjoy it. But -- there's a very limited public space available for visual art -- it's a zero-sum game --- when piece X goes on display -- it means that piece Y goes in the basement (or gets sold at auction -- like recently happened to over 50% of the collection of the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, New York) There is plenty of pressure on the directors/curators of the major museums of the world to incorporate contemporary art into their collection. It brings in the big money of those who collect - and speculate - in that genre -- and it transforms a dorky museum administrator into a "playah" And what Boris or Chris might think about the results --- is completely irrelevant. _____________________________________________________________ Need cash? Click to get a loan. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2211/fc/Ioyw6ijlffAlscg1w1ogMLz0OpaUx4 uGPHWjAskn3upxSKn3sMe7kw/ _____________________________________________________________ Hotel pics, info and virtual tours. Click here to book a hotel online. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4uHAfUqrDuEgQdwlSp9sIiTA XCg6k1le33tElesXayQpcvOU/
