Artists: A big power of what is seen in your work is what is not seen.
I call this making art in Sanskrit or Hieroglyphics. Things with deep content , little understanding, and great force.
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Jerry Saltz
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Jerry Saltz: Senior Art Critic; New York Magazine. 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. Author of NYT Best Seller “How To Be an Artist.” 2-time ASME award winner.
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Making art in Sanskrit.
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Making art in Sanskrit.
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Artists: A power of what is seen in art is what is not seen.
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Yes, flu transmission can occur by aerosols, underappreciated. 1) 72% of passengers became ill on plane sitting on runway for a few hours with no ventilation (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/463858/)... /2
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Influenza is spreading rapidly. People ask, "how is does flu spread?" Look at this video and interview of Dr. Fauci in 2018 by @soledadobrien. Exhaled aerosols contain infectious influenza virus. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn
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This is the story of the art of the 21st cen. as told by a critic who lashed himself to the mast of this fantastic mad Ship of Art seeing 25-30 shows a week & wrote it all as happened. Risking & sometimes attaining flamboyant failure while maintaining radical vulnerability. Xo
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Art is Life by @jerrysaltz is a deliciously readable survey of the art world in turbulent times 
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Yikes. Only person on plane in mask. Much coughing afoot.
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Yikes. Only person on plane in mask. Much coughing afoot.
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Much coughing in Airports. Call me Road Worrier.
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IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE! 's openhearted and irresistibly readable appraisal of the art world has finally arrived. Don't miss this "must-read for any lover of art" () by of our most important cultural observers: bit.ly/3waKVT5
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Celebrating a new batch of must-reads and wishing the authors a happy #bookbirthday!
@jerrysaltz, @jjvincent, @_KelliRThompson, @m_evans, @DavidGMyers, @MauroPorcini, @felixgillette & @davidvienna, @HeidiGardnerPhD, @BeckyBlades2, @RealIainSThomas, @j_asminewang, @profjoshlandy
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“Something like Krakatoa went off inside me the first time I set eyes on it.”
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.@jerrysaltz on what "The Raft of the Medusa" reveals about contemporary political art nym.ag/3FwJ939
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“Art Is Life” is out today. The story of the enormous changes in art in the 21sr century. The collapse of Modernism, the infusion of billions into the art world, and more new artists from more places taking the stage than at any point in art history. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612485/a
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“This devastatingly brilliant, unconscionably awful book will delight & appall.”Back & forths include if you like to read me: “you are part of the problem with 21st-century art & probably with the 21st century in general.” So, it’s your fault‼️ LOL❤️
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“More than a million people have died from the coronavirus in the US; about three hundred and fifty Americans continue to die from it on average each day. That is an astonishing amount of death for how little a dent it is making in our politics right now.”
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"I spend every second thrilled to be doing what I am doing and never want to do anything else": The national treasure , author of ART IS LIFE, takes the questionnaire:
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Happy Halloween my little Beelzebubs and goblins. 😻😻
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Happy Halloween my little Beelzebubs and goblins.
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Happy Halloween my little Beelzebubs and goblins.
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Happy Halloween my little Beelzebubs and goblins.
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Happy Halloween my little Beelzebubs and goblins.
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Selfies will be taken. Xo
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TONIGHT! Don't miss the launch event for @jerrysaltz's ART IS LIFE, at the legendary @92ndStreetY. Starts at 7:30, and tickets are available here: 92ny.org/events
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Getting a Diet Coke in NYC.
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Early to the NYC Halloween Day Parade.
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No brainer: Duh! Vote for democracy…
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Ride Beethoven Piano in Washington Square aPark.
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"This is Art Life at 71: Illegal Estonian Immigrant, (hi Republicans), Balding Geezer Art Critic with Glasses and no Degrees, Jerry Saltz Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire." by open.substack.com/pub/oldster/p/
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I don’t worry about the haters, they are just angry because the truth I speak contradicts the lie they live.
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What an incredible piece by my friend . Art reflects and confront our politics, our culture and our time….
…not always in an expected or welcomed manner.
Read this insightful and timely piece.
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“I remember thinking, ‘It’s like a god made this.’”
’s brilliant and lovable has a new book coming out in November. Read the excerpt:
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