People dressed to be seen pack the CAC, drinking and talking. How many really look at the art? Go back the next day and the next day and the next day and you are about the only person in the place. What's wrong with this picture?
AAC galleries. How long to patrons spend looking at the art compared to how long they spend eating and schmoozing? Then, who even bothers to go into the galleries? What's wrong with this picture?
People will listen to a piece of music over and over again. But looking at a piece of art once is generally enough. What's wrong with this picture?
People read less and less and get more and more of their information from visual sources, screens, packaging and marketing, but they are taught virtually about how to read or use the visual language.
What's wrong with this picture?
People are comfortable expecting to pay for concerts, plays, dance performances and such events. But they expect to wined and dined at art openings? What's wrong with this picture?
The food and drink at art openings is the very thing that distracts people from the actual purpose of the art openings, looking at the art. What's wrong with this picture?
The newspaper will deliver extensive coverage of music festivals and 20-something bands and critical and intelligent coverage of symphony and opera performances. But art venues are neglected and coverage is random and lifeless. What's wrong with this picture?
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