{"id":504,"date":"2014-09-09T01:55:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T05:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/?p=504"},"modified":"2014-09-09T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T22:52:55","slug":"state-of-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rickasinikadour.com\/main\/writing\/state-of-affairs","title":{"rendered":"State of Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ANE-State-of-Affiars-Spread\"<\/p>\n

In the September\/October 2014 Issue of <\/em>Art New England, Ric Kasini Kadour took stock of the current state of contemporary art galleries in New England and profiled a number of galleries doing well in spite of the challenges: Kobalt Gallery in Provincetown, MA; West Branch Gallery in Stowe, VT; Clark Gallery in Lincoln, MA; Yellow Peril in Providence, RI.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"ANE_SO14_Cover\"State of Affairs: How New England Galleries Make Their Way<\/h2>\n

by Ric Kasini Kadour<\/p>\n

As businesses go, the art gallery is simple. Artist makes art. Gallerist hangs art on wall. Collector sees art and buys it. Everybody is happy.<\/p>\n

If only it were that simple.<\/p>\n

Imagine a business whose primary focus is the exposition of ideas in the hopes that someone will be so dazzled by them that he or she is willing to spend a small fortune on them. Imagine those ideas coming from a horde of eccentric children whose temperaments and idiosyncrasies become the business\u2019s job to appease. Now imagine that business existing in a society that doesn’t really appreciate abstract ideas. Now you are approaching the reality of the contemporary art gallery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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