I used to think I was a reasonably informed person, but President Donald Trump has taught me what passes as information can often be fake.  Take the banana, for example. In the ‘60s and ’70s, it would never be mistaken for a work of art. But since Trump has been in office, realit

Since museums are run by people, it should come as no surprise that competition exists for the patronage of the ultra rich among these institutions.  At the moment, a war of sorts is going on between New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Until

For some time, I’ve been twisting my brain inside out, trying to appreciate trends in modern art. A recent article in Vanity Fair, suggests my struggles have been in vain. According to author A. A. Gill, what I need to understand about the new form of expression is that understandin