Re: "Traditional galleries are never going to go away. You'll always need them, but the days of them being the gatekeepers are over."




aesthete8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
But without gatekeepers, won't the average person start thinking that
there is nothing more than his personal likes and dislikes when judging
art?:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2006-08-22-blogger-artists_x.htm?POE=TECISVA

Isn't the following a reason why gatekeepers are needed?:

- Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives
many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully
hidden.

Phaedrus

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