There's an article in this morning's NY Times that points up
a good reason why the AAM shouldn't be writing letters. In short
the Right seems to have a better understanding of what art is and
the power it can have..."The situation is rife with paradoxes,
not the least of which is the way in which the arts establishment
has tried to save its skin by portraying art as sweet and
lovable, leaving to the endowment's opponents a much more
realistic view of art as challenging and difficult."
 
"Critic's Notebook: To Earn Subsidies, Must Art Be Useful? Must
It Be Sweet?" by Paul Goldberger, NYT, 1/11/95, C13.
 
Robbin Murphy
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