Apotheosis now

From: The Village Voice | Date: July 16, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Experiencing Dia:Beacon's Ashram of the Abstract

APOTHEOSIS NOW

DIA: BEACON

3 Beekman Street

Beacon, New York

Michael Kimmelman stirred up a hornet's nest recently when he called the 24 artists whose work is enshrined at Dia:Beacon "The Greatest Generation" in The New York Times Magazine. Within weeks, Hilton Kramer and Peter Plagens took issue. Although Kimmelman was practicing an outmoded art-critical game, it was interesting to watch the hackles rise around town as he went out on a limb and slighted the abstract expressionists. This was the way it used to be done, by Clement Greenberg most ...

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