Jerry Saltz

The chill in the air? That sense of an impending ice age, with no foreseeable thaw? Not entirely the weather. In this week's New York Magazine, art critic Jerry Saltz files his report from the Frieze Art Fair in London on the effects of the financial crisis on the contemporary art world. The piece is noticeably crackly. This, from a critic whose strength--and maybe shortcoming--is his buoyant sense of the social moment.

Saltz writes:

As I made my way through the 152 booths, I thought about the moment in Titanic when the designer of the doomed luxury liner warns Kate Winslet to find a lifeboat because "all this will be at the bottom of the Atlantic.

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Today, New York announced today that Jerry Saltz, the long-time art critic for the Village Voice, is joining the staff next month. It's a significant loss for the Voice's culture section, considering that Saltz is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism.

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Jerry Saltz, the art critic for The Village Voice , must be the most optimistic guy in town.  read more »