Art Is A Self-replicating Force.

Few Contemporary Artists Mined The Space Between The Ordinary And The Strange Better Than Orozco Did.

I Rage Against Vincent Van Gogh For Needing To Die At 37, After Painting For Only Ten Years.

'the Panorama' Is Also The Last Place Anywhere In New York Where The World Trade Center Still Stands, Whole, As It Stood In The Early Morning Of September 11. I Can Also See The Corner Where I Saw The First Tower Fall And Howled Out Loud. Seeing The Buildings Again Here Is Uplifting, Healing.

First Let Me Report That The Art In The Barnes Collection Has Never Looked Better. My Trips To The Old Barnes Were Always Amazing, But Except On The Sunniest Days, You Could Barely See The Art. The Building Always Felt Pushed Beyond Its Capacity.

Galleries Needn't Be Exactly Like White Columns Purely Because Times Are Bad Again. But The Idea Of This Special Space Could - Should - Help Shape What Comes Next.