FL: Peter Schjeldahl: The Ten Best Art Shows of 2008: The New Yorker Blog: Online Only: The New Yorker

by Art Fag City on December 19, 2008 · 14 comments Fresh Links!

Peter Schjeldahl: The Ten Best Art Shows of 2008: The New Yorker Blog: Online Only: The New Yorker
Here’s a list I could hardly agree less with. Why are almost all the “best” shows museum exhibitions or biennials? And the Met’s Courbet show at the top of the list? How many rooms of awful paintings does there have to be before they interfere with the good stuff?

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Dan Boehl December 19, 2008 at 4:40 pm: Because the New Yorker is written for dabblers who don’t know anything about art, fiction, or poetry. If you have a brain and read the New Yorker, you must be willing to lower your expectations.
Dan Boehl December 19, 2008 at 11:40 am: Because the New Yorker is written for dabblers who don’t know anything about art, fiction, or poetry. If you have a brain and read the New Yorker, you must be willing to lower your expectations.
atalluto December 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm: Paddy…yes!!! I felt the same way about the Courbet show. Really uneven-a rollercoaster ride of awful dips and a few great highs. Every time I try to voice this opinion to other artists they paint me as a phillistine and cast me horrified and pitying glances. Sigh.
atalluto December 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm: Paddy…yes!!! I felt the same way about the Courbet show. Really uneven-a rollercoaster ride of awful dips and a few great highs. Every time I try to voice this opinion to other artists they paint me as a phillistine and cast me horrified and pitying glances. Sigh.
atalluto December 19, 2008 at 4:09 pm: Paddy…yes!!! I felt the same way about the Courbet show. Really uneven-a rollercoaster ride of awful dips and a few great highs. Every time I try to voice this opinion to other artists they paint me as a phillistine and cast me horrified and pitying glances. Sigh.
Art Fag City December 19, 2008 at 9:17 pm: Ha! You’re not a phillistine! The show was interesting for being uneven, but not good. I mean that deer in the snow painting in the last room offers a surprising look at what bad photoshop jobs would come to look like in the future.
Art Fag City December 19, 2008 at 4:17 pm: Ha! You’re not a phillistine! The show was interesting for being uneven, but not good. I mean that deer in the snow painting in the last room offers a surprising look at what bad photoshop jobs would come to look like in the future.
atalluto December 20, 2008 at 12:23 am: I was like…dude, pick a direction of some sort, and, while you’re at it…GET OVER YOURSELF!!! But I admit I kinda liked the insanity of the ocean scapes.
atalluto December 20, 2008 at 12:23 am: I was like…dude, pick a direction of some sort, and, while you’re at it…GET OVER YOURSELF!!! But I admit I kinda liked the insanity of the ocean scapes.
atalluto December 19, 2008 at 7:23 pm: I was like…dude, pick a direction of some sort, and, while you’re at it…GET OVER YOURSELF!!! But I admit I kinda liked the insanity of the ocean scapes.
atalluto December 20, 2008 at 12:24 am: Psst. I also found the Poussin show rigid and uninspiring (ducking down now and bracing for a torrent of rotten tomatoes)
atalluto December 19, 2008 at 7:24 pm: Psst. I also found the Poussin show rigid and uninspiring (ducking down now and bracing for a torrent of rotten tomatoes)
Cedric C January 8, 2009 at 3:53 am: So, Art Fag, have you listed your own list of fave shows of 2008 anywhere?

Cheers,

Cedric
Cedric C January 7, 2009 at 10:53 pm: So, Art Fag, have you listed your own list of fave shows of 2008 anywhere?

Cheers,

Cedric