The Contemporary World According to Gary Tinterow

Here's something we've got to see: Gary Tinterow speaks on Oct. 24 about his curatorial activities, as part of the ArtTalks lecture series of the American Federation of Arts in New York. Billed as "the Engelhard Curator in Charge of the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art" (a title long enough to exhaust half the time allotted for the lecture), Tinterow will discuss "the history of the Metropolitan's involvement with contemporary art---its strengths and weaknesses---as well as the creation of the Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art" (another mouthful).

Although I got a press release announcing this event, there does not (at this writing) appear to be any information on AFA's website. But I got my ticket (and you can get yours) by calling: 212-988-7700, ext. 10. (Alert: There are only 80 seats in this venue.)

What CultureGrrl urgently wants to know is: Has Gary adopted Philippe's 50-year gestation rule for contemporary acquisitions, and is he going to deaccession everything created since 1956, because, after all, curators have the right to do such things?

Come to think of it, since I've already antagonized him, I think I'll come in disguise. Where's Cindy Sherman when I really need her?