Jerry Saltz Talk & Book Signing at the New York Academy of Art

From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of How to Be an Artist, now, in Art Is Life: Icons & Iconoclasts, Visionaries & Vigilantes, & Flashes of Hope in the Night, Jerry Saltz draws on two decades of work to offer a real-time survey of contemporary art as a barometer of our times. Chronicling a period punctuated by dramatic turning points-from the cultural reset of 9/11 to the rolling social crises of today-Saltz traces how visionary artists have both documented and challenged the culture. Art Is Life offers Saltz’s eye-opening appraisals of trailblazers like Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz, Hilma af Klint, and Jasper Johns; provocateurs like Jeff Koons, Richard Prince, and Marina Abramović; and visionaries like Jackson Pollock, Bill Traylor, and Willem de Kooning. Saltz celebrates landmarks like the Obama portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, writes searchingly about disturbing moments such as the Ankara gallery assassination, and offers surprising takes on figures from Thomas Kinkade to Kim Kardashian. And he shares stories of his own haunted childhood, his time as a “failed artist,” and his epiphanies upon beholding work by Botticelli, Delacroix, and the cave painters of Niaux.
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[@adamcrary1602]

This guy is a fun and intelligent speaker. Just the right amount of self- deprivation which is what i’m convinced ( in my own foolish way) is the key component to the quality of “ charm”. 🧐
Anyhow, this came up after a speech he gave in Montreal- which i highly recommend if you like this.
This guy has wisdom for/from Life,not just for artists and other crazy people… I sincerely think that there’s something here for everyone.
There aren’t a lot of speakers i could listen to twice in a row but he has a particular cadence, rhythm and tone that makes him enjoyable to listen to, like a musician- which coincidentally he just started talking about jazz musicians as i was writing this. I’m gonna listen. Respect to this man; i thought I would hate any art critic🤷🏻… happily surprised. Ty, sir.🙏🏻AC

[@michelleeissler3761]

Loved the talk! (Also loved the one with Tracey Emin)

[@Livingsmooth_]

Goodjob Jerry

[@allweb429]

Jerry please translate your books to Spanish please

[@sublimeister9630]

Love the talk on the “Sublime,” but don’t get caught up in the dualistic, bipolar, and bipartisan critiques of art or art-making. Just as “All Art is Contemporary,” all humans are born artists-innate to existence (Osho). 🙏🏼😊

[@user-nb6ls2lu1e]

I think that the grait attribut

[@robertspies4695]

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