Then came the story on feminist art and the efforts of women artists in the ’60s and ’70s to be taken seriously. That miserable bimbo nude undercut their aspirations, too. It even had a toxic effect on Barbara Pollack’s cheerful assertion that the art world has come too far to mean something derogatory when pigeonholing African-American artists’ work by skin color (at the end of the story on William Pope L.).
The bimbo belied the self-congratulatory PC tone of the issue. And so did the other ads, which were by-in-large for art works by white, male artists.
Shop local, shop artists this holiday season, a short list
Memento Mori, A trip through skulls, Sotheby’s, shot glasses and soap
The quintessence of collaboration – Damon Kowarsky and Atif Khan in Hybrid at Twelve Gates Arts