A Lecture by Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz speaks at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis on October 6, 2010, as part of its Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker Series on "The Good, The Bad, and the Very Bad: A Year in the Life of an Art Critic." Jerry Saltz is a Columnist and Senior Art Critic for New York magazine; Judge on Bravo's hit reality TV show, "Work of Art: The Next Great Artist," and thrice-nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. As an energetic and persuasive voice in the art world for over two decades he is widely considered to be one of America's premier art critics.
The Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker Series is designed to bring scholarship and art commentary of the highest caliber to St. Louis. Past speakers have included Glenn Lowry, Michael Kimmelman, Jeff Rosenheim, and Maya Lin.

[@jodestella2746]

Good for you Jerry. You are the greatest!

[@steveparsons5433]

I delivered and consumed lectures for over 50 years and find Jerry Saltz to be one of the few geniuses of lecturing! I am not formally educated in art, but I suspect he is a genius in art criticism as well. I also worked as an editor and can't agree that he needs to be briefer.

[@tamarawyndham7518]

Every work of art is a comment on all the works of art ever made.

[@lemmetellusum4884]

Brilliant man

[@Lando2727]

thank u jerry

[@303Cheryl]

thank you for uploading this

[@bishopdoch1740]

Thanks

[@goodboybuddy1]

Jerry I love you.

[@italogiardina8183]

Sounds like the simulation hypothesis in relation to 'the art is using you to make it'.

[@DJSTOEK]

🖤

[@gloobnord]

Captain obvious. "...this is me. This is man."

[@530thecarmissinng]

based

[@sarakatina6528]

When he said “artists, you are cats” I was “I’m cat ?!!!???”

[@pillarheights1130]

woof

[@internet_]

AofA eh?

[@Tumektumak]

There are hundreds, actually thousands, of college art teachers across the country who can tell you more about art than Jerry. Saltz is just an average guy with a rudimentary knowledge about art who's figured out how to achieve notoriety by entertaining people. He puts on frenetic performances that are, for all intents and purposes, about HIM! Most people don't understand art and when someone pretends to be an authority on the subject, people are gullible enough to believe it.

[@oleggorlachev]

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[@termikesmike]

​@@oleggorlachev It wasn’t a urinal - it could have been but it wasn’t …. (( is there any proof that it was “used” (as a urinal ). If it hadn’t been used as a urinal- actually in a public “restroom” and pissed into - then it wasn’t in fact a urinal - it was designed as a urinal, to be a urinal , but it hadn’t been actually used as a urinal ( and what if it had been? Was it found in a trash dump or seen in a display at a plumbing store. Was it bought from a ‘hardware’ store ? Did she really give it to him ? all of this matters or it will never be understood !!!

[@txicocamotl]

I wonder how someone can go by the name "Art" and at the same time be an absolute ignorant to the matter.

[@duncanweller1]

Agreed. Does he talk about the four primary social functions of art? No. Does he talk about the dozens of sub-functions of art to each of the four primary functions? No. Does he talk about the difference between High Art, Low Art and Fine Art? No. Does he talk about the value of popular culture and how popular culture has superseded both High Art and Fine Art because of movies, television, comic books, graphic novels, computer games and more!? No. He's entertaining and appears to be intelligent, but he's using his smarts to be a shill for the kind of art that is collected by millionaires and billionaires. All you can afford is the coffee table book. To be a professional artist you don't even have to show in a gallery these days. Any comment on that? No.

[@markcelentano6414]

I agree.

[@joson3450]

Art Critic's maybe Terrific or Horrific ,

[@pkpapers]

39:48 - 42:23 -- artists are cats.

[@robsmith588]

Jerry likes to portray himself at every opportunity as a anti establishment figure. A former truck driver with no education, but a champion of Artists. After following him on Instagram I found him to be quite different than he appears. I thought his comment section was a place to discuss Art, and theories about Art. However if you engage with him to discuss Art he lashes out at you in what can only be described as a petty vindictive tirade. Out of the blue unprovoked He said I will go to my grave never having made a real work of Art. Yes this is the real Jerry Saltz don't be fooled by his phony persona.

[@markcelentano6414]

The guy literally blocked me on Instagram for an opinion

[@Junkmailcrusades]

@@markcelentano6414 he's a leftist cuck. he lets his wife peg him while she gets nailed by other dudes. this is the real saltz. a freak leftist who accepts millions from the rich art establishment while telling you that you must be poor. He's a terrible human being

[@pillarheights1130]

he is both! HELLLLLOOOOEIEEIEOIU*(YU(*U(Y*8392ydndns HDJJDHDSS

[@BLURAPTORBRO]

This guy is a writer? He should look up the word brevity...DAMN So many words used to say nothing...

[@ed-od9sd]

that's cuz u aint willing to listen to them.

[@txicocamotl]

It seems like you need to read more. Not all in life goes by Twitter parameters.

[@colelarocque6760]

I like what he says but he is longwinded and I sometimes wish that he could get to the point.

[@txicocamotl]

@@colelarocque6760 You might want to read James Joyce's Ulysses.

[@markcelentano6414]

Right! Or should i say write ✍

[@goodboybuddy1]

The 'host' needs to stop smacking his lips, please!!!

[@LindaGriggsable]

It's a horrible trend. It's everywhere.

[@duncanweller1]

Does Jerry talk about the four primary social functions of art? No. Does he talk about the dozens of sub-functions of art to each of the four primary functions? No. Does he talk about the difference between High Art, Low Art and Fine Art? No. Does he talk about the value of popular culture and how popular culture has superseded both High Art and Fine Art because of movies, television, comic books, graphic novels, computer games and more!? No. He's entertaining and appears to be intelligent, but he's using his smarts to be a shill for the kind of art that is collected by millionaires and billionaires. All you can afford is the coffee table book. To be a professional artist you don't even have to show in a gallery these days. Any comment on that? No. Does he know why the painters painted animals and hands and those mysterious four dots on those cave walls thousands of years ago? No. He's close but he doesn't understand the functions of art that exist in all cultures around the world throughout time. And exist today, most obviously in popular culture. He might know the "art world" but this world exists miles away from the rest of us.

[@adamoarquitecto5245]

Very Interesting question witch Jerry or any other person as been able to answer on my view. Would you give the answer or propose a link to the answer?

[@pillarheights1130]

including you, me and... and... him ;) See he's doing the best at being him, I hope you are too. Instead of digging and doing textbook student knowledge gaining pourist "stuff" (figure of speech) he's actually performing his art. HE does have to bring in new knowledge and arts one of those topics he's interested in but that's not why.. although a reason.. that's not why you go to him or what his show is about.