- I have generally found that persons who had studied *painting* least were
the best judges of it.

William Hogarth (1761)
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:

> By examining their qualifications?
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Chris Miller 
> <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> How such experts should be selected?
>>
>> Historically -- at least in Chicago -- the jury for  national shows once
>> consisted of those artists whose work had been selected for national shows
>> in
>> previous years.  This of course, would tend to entrench older styles
>> rather
>> than introduce new ones -- and the artists were eventually replaced by
>> museum
>> professionals.
>>
>> Today, of course, it is galleries rather than artists who are juried into
>> the
>> major national shows - so expertise concerns marketability - while museum
>> exhibits are juried by professional curators who are qualified by academic
>> and
>> institutional achievement. (ie., first they must have a degree, then they
>> must
>> rise within the ranks of an institution)
>>
>> But what do you think, Boris?
>>
>> How do you think that competent people with discerning taste and knowledge
>> can
>> best be identified ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >I meant a majority within experts, who are few.
>> (competent people with discerning taste and knowledge.)
>> Boris Shoshensky
>>
>>
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