While the annual Guild Hall Artist Members Exhibition is now in its 72nd incarnation as the region’s oldest non-juried show, this year it’s the number 22 that turns out to be more significant. This is because it was 1989 when the annual symbolic opening of the art season on the East End began to feature awards in various categories as determined by an accomplished judge drawn from the highest echelons of the area’s artistic elite and intelligentsia.
What makes the number 22 so significant is that, for the last 21 years, no matter how exalted or learned the chosen arbiter has been, there was always at least one award prompting an awkward “wait, what?” moment, a selection that made one think that maybe the juror’s medication needed adjusting, or that his... more
What makes the number 22 so significant is that, for the last 21 years, no matter how exalted or learned the chosen arbiter has been, there was always at least one award prompting an awkward “wait, what?” moment, a selection that made one think that maybe the juror’s medication needed adjusting, or that his... more
