Shifts in taste, after all, can reveal a nation's dreams , a nation in hiding from the world, museum politics , and commercial interests under a vast network of dealers . Before digging in my heels, then, in defense of quality, I ought to remember something. Rosenblum knew well what he wanted, and he got it. Maybe I should ask why. Only then can one see what goes so terribly wrong.
Gallery hopping a century ago Give the guy a break, then, for a moment.
Other museums, too, have obsessed over dates. Others have tried to escape modernist biases. The Museum of Modern Art had its own Y2K problem , re-hanging the permanent collection to suggest a decade in transition. Then, too, surely no one creates in a vacuum. Artists learn from tradition and struggle to escape it.