Art Blog Slapdown

24 Jan Art Blog Slapdown

Did anybody else notice the dissatisfaction with the current art blog world expressed in Artnet’s Predictions for 2006?

Example:

Barry Neuman, art dealer: I think it’s a safe bet that there will be 50 to 60 new and bona fide (i.e., seriously authored by qualified people) art world blogs by the end of the year. Why is this significant? In some cases, the blogs may speed up the infotainment machine that’s impacting the actual, hands-on, real-world art scene, locally and internationally.

I guess that means nobody currently blogging is a seriously qualified person.

Cory Arcangel, artist:i am still waiting for art’s answer to pink is the new blog, the new celebrity blog, or gawker or even slashdot.org. let me know when it exists, ill prolly hit reload like 400,000 times a day.

Hasn’t he seen the artworld’s version of Gawker??