Jerry Saltz speaks at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis on October 6, 2010, as part of its Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker Series on "The Good, The Bad, and the Very Bad: A Year in the Life of an Art Critic." Jerry Saltz is a Columnist and Senior Art Critic for New York magazine; Judge on Bravo's hit reality TV show, "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist," and thrice-nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As an energetic and persuasive voice in the art world for over two decades he is widely considered to be one of America's premier art critics.
The Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker Series is designed to bring scholarship and art commentary of the highest caliber to St. Louis. Past speakers have included Glenn Lowry, Michael Kimmelman, Jeff Rosenheim, and Maya Lin.
It's nice to see a critic with a positive tone
vandritch 3 months ago
"art or not" this needs to happen haha. great lecture, very frank, thank you for posting
yfwphoto 1 year ago
as an artist be "self critical and delusional and..."
herrkruegerberlin 1 year ago
"dont get guided by rejection! dont listen to the wrong deamonic force... " sooo thrilled, by this lecture! love it!
herrkruegerberlin 1 year ago
I enjoyed the presentation a lot. I agree, self-critical and delusional-an artists needs both and I would try and add the third one that Jerry left blank: don`t stop aka persistence, though he mentioned it indirectly.
loveflowers21 1 year ago