If you’re getting tired of ‘top 20’ lists of people who are richer, smarter, more attractive, better connected, and more interesting than you are, the folks over at Hyperallergic have a ranking for you! In response to the Art Review ‘top 100’ power-brokers in the art world, they suggest The Top 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World. Among them:
- Independent curators without trust funds — There’s a saying, ”No trust, no love.”
- Artists who can’t speak English, French, German, or Spanish. While the world is filled with approximately 6,800 languages, artwork must adhere to the linguistic realities of economics.
- Beleaguered Administrative Assistants at MoMA — This is a group that knows what it’s like to be underpaid, under-appreciated and powerless — the trifecta!
- Anyone living in only one place, as opposed to ”between Berlin and Beijing,” or ”based in London, Amsterdam, Sao Paolo, and Los Angeles.” Where have you been, mono-urbanity is so 20th century…
It’s nice to find a list that we all have a chance to actually get on!
Thanks Bruce Sterling for the link.
