In a piece entitled "Traces of the Holy: The contemporary art work as 'crypto-relic'" (TLS, 4/10/15), Matthew Bown makes the following comment, "The art market today is a market in crypto-relics, no more, no less. The dithyrambs of the experts--as when the director of the Tate art museums, Sir Nicholas Serota describes art objects as 'symbols of optimism and renewal,' as 'objects of beauty and contemplation,' or as 'transgressive,' 'raw and tender, brazen and subtle'--recreate the alluring disco...
In a piece entitled "Traces of the Holy: The contemporary art work as 'crypto-relic'" (TLS, 4/10/15), Matthew Bown makes the following comment, "The art market today is a market in crypto-relics, no more, no less. The dithyrambs of the experts--as when the director of the Tate art museums, Sir Nicholas Serota describes art objects as 'symbols of optimism and renewal,' as 'objects of beauty and contemplation,' or as 'transgressive,' 'raw and tender, brazen and subtle'--recreate the alluring disco...
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