At the forefront of contemporary art things change very quickly, and if you aren’t tethering your opinion to an auction house like Sotheby’s or Christie’s different people can come up with wildly different answers on what is “good” in art. read more
Scott M. Levitt, Director, Fine Arts, Bonhams & Butterfields, Los Angeles: Quality, quality, quality. This is the mysterious and subjective key to good art. In all periods of art there are good and bad works of art. I find that defining quality in representational art is easier than in modern and abstract art. The other key word is looking. read more
However, the way he introduced his art to the public or the context that surrounds him is one of the things that created his acceptance and popularity in the art world. When Basquiat came on the art scene he’d already been living in New York for most of his life and was really part of the New York avant-garde. read more