by Jon Lackman | 21 February 2007 | Conferences
Artforum’s Scene & Herd diary has a dispatch (with photos) from CAA, written by Sarah Thornton: “Some art worlders lead sexy lives, others spend Valentine’s Day at the Hilton in Midtown … Bigwig art historians wandered the corridors with entourages of grad-students nipping at their heels. When they encountered dons of similar rank, they made sure to confirm the time and place of their post-panel pow-wow, while their students hung back in a tribal huddle, taking mental notes on the protocols of serious scholarly interaction … Doctorates used to be written about work that was at least thirty years old; now artists unheard of six months ago are being ‘historicized’ at CAA.”
Thornton makes many other entertaining observations and also synopsizes the “Virtualities” and “Post-Studio Era” panels. Read on.
