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Artmarket: Los Angeles MOCA set to shake up art world by naming commercial gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch as new Director http://bit.ly/6HoCR3 about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

William Powhida: NY Mag on Deitch as possible director http://bit.ly/6HoCR3 Can add MoCA to the list of museums I will never show in. about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

Art Bystander: @powhida Is deitch becoming director of moca equivalent to cheney being vp?

WP: Maybe I should see if Jeffery is looking for a new director while he gets to work for Eli Broad...er I mean MoCA about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

C-Monster: There's gonna be lotsa panties in knots: MOCA allegedly set to name gallery owner Deitch its chief http://bit.ly/6HoCR3 via @theartmarket about 8 hours ago from web

Tyler Green: @cmonstah Jerry's mostly re-typing what the LAT had a while back.... about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to cmonstah

TG: I'm guessing that the LAT is one of Jerry Saltz's "multiple art world sources." http://bit.ly/6u5GiC about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

TG: LAT yesterday: http://bit.ly/4Xy1YO; Jerry Saltz today: http://bit.ly/6u5GiC. I'm sure Jerry meant to credit them, right? about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck

TG: @cmonstah Re: Jerry's professionalism, oops, he did it again. about 8 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to cmonstah

C-Mon: @TylerGreenDC i'm just getting around to this story. i've been trying to avoid it.
about 8 hours ago from web in reply to TylerGreenDC

Olympia Lambert: @Powhida Dunno about that. I think curatorial decisions are based by Deitch much more on conflict, and I wouldn't be surprised 4 an invite about 7 hours ago from web in reply to Powhida

WP: @olympialambert that'd be the easiest way to absorb my critique back into the market. Institutionalize it. #complicity about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to olympialambert

TG: How unprofessional is LAT-thief Jerry Saltz's Deitch post? Even Lee Rosenbaum is calling him out. Ouch. about 7 hours ago from UberTwitter
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Mark Barry: Retweeting @olympialambert: @hragv Ha!! Can we include some nekkid Polaroids and cum-filled NY Posts? so the gallery closes? about 7 hours ago from Seesmic

WP: @Markart I can't imagine the gallery would close. He has eight directors... about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Markart

MB: Retweeting @Powhida: @Markart I can't imagine the gallery would close. He has eight directors... can he legally have ownership? about 7 hours ago from Seesmic

WP: @Markart I don't know about the legal/ethical implications; but as the NuMu has demonstrated - it doesn't matter about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Markart

WP: @hragv my twitter feed is quickly becoming a constant source of inspiration. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to hragv

WP: I wonder about Deitch's relationship with Eli Broad ie, major source of MoCA's 3.5 million fundraising effort about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

WP: I think we have seen the end of the critical period of post-modernism. Commercialism is an aesthetic. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

Tim McCOOL: Commercialism was like a founding principle of pop art tho, should be used to it by now RT @hragv RT @Powhida Commercialism is an aesthetic. about 7 hours ago from Brizzly

WP: @tmccool Pop Art had a critical element; how it reduced subjects to a series of signs of celebrity; acceptance is different from recognition about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tmccool

WP: @tmccool I'm talking about the celebratory nature of this new mercantalism, as one collector I know calls it. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to tmccool

Art Fag City: @Powhida how can commercialism be an aesthetic? about 7 hours ago from Tweetie in reply to Powhida

WP: @artfagcity It's not a visual or stylistic thing; perhaps a philosophy of luxury or a lack of internal criticality about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artfagcity

Avierkant: @Powhida Post-modernism always went hand in hand with both critique and commercialism. Maybe a period of int. lethargy but nothing's over about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @avierkant I agree that nothing ends; but it changes you'd agree? Lethargy is apt about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to avierkant

WP: @artfagcity I'm also probably being very reductionist in the face of MoCA's decision; it's a feeling and an affective response about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artfagcity

WP: @artfagcity and maybe it's when the brand becomes the art itself about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artfagcity

Nic Rad: @Powhida 'Lack of internal criticality' is a mind fucking phrase. It actually stings to think about it. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @NicRad sorry. "internal criticality" was always the bridge between Modernism and post-modernism for me; formally and conceptually about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to NicRad

AB: @hragv @powhida I think the responsibility should be on the artists as well, to redefine what art means and how we acquire and show it #punk about 7 hours ago from TinyTwitter

WP: @artbystander it's probably the most central aspect of my art; how we acquire and value it. I'm not doing enough #redifinition about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artbystander

WP: There is a potential discussion shaping up right right here for #class. This is how twitter fits into the concept. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck

WP: @avierkant only if you participate, re: flattening. Career wise, I should be restricting access to protect myself. Not interested. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to avierkant

NR: @Powhida I think I'm in love with the idea of something tht lacks internal criticality. It sounds blissful. Wld you call that commercial? about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @NicRad Yes, I think we're talking about commercialism not as subject or influence, but a methodology that isn't interested in criticism about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to NicRad

SMIZZ: deitch projects icecream branding aesthetic is like a capitalist spin on the relational aesthetics -i bet bourriaud is so proud!? about 7 hours ago from web

NR: @Powhida I'm thinking of Flower Puppy, Warhol's Flowers, Barry Mcgee, Ed Hardy, Shepard Fairy--Kinkade? wondering what the archetype is. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @NicRad Whatever it is, you're able to see something positive in it. I see it rather darkly. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to NicRad

NR: @Powhida in the trite 'eternal sunshine on the spotless mind' vein. I'm wndring if it's possible for anyone to create w/o criticality. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @NicRad Sure, it's called mannerism or period art where convention trumps criticality. about 7 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to NicRad

NR: Ism's aside - I think we can all agree that everyone's looking forward to James Franco's MOCA retrospective #spidermanism #deitch about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

WP: @NicRad Franco, the founder of the celebritist movement championed by Jeffery Deitch about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to NicRad

AB: RT @gawker Art, Schooled: Rumormongering with Jeffrey Deitch, Gamechanger http://gawker.com/5444941/ #artschooled #jeffreydeitch about 6 hours ago from TinyTwitter

WP: @artbystander I think gawker has mistakenly elevated Deitch over the Godfather, Larry Gagosian. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artbystander

WP: @artbystander "erasing the line between commercial and academic art" Gawker nailed that one. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artbystander

AB: @Powhida maybe an artist who typically sells for upwards of 100k should fuck everything up by selling originals for 99cents. about 7 hours ago from TinyTwitter

WP: @artbystander Glad I preempted Gawker by criticizing Deitch before the MoCA appointment. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artbystander

AFC: Gawker's @kelseykeith summarizes MOCA rumor mill mongering over Deitch's possible appointment as head. I'm quoted http://bit.ly/6jwd8b about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

WP: @artfagcity and we hitch our 'star' to Jeffery Deitch. Let the rumble begin about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to artfagcity

WP: @hragv MoCA just took over the conversation. You were right about the New Museum leading it until now. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to hragv

TG: @Powhida @hragv They are the same conversation: Commercialism invades the museum/non-profit sphere. about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to Powhida

WP: @TylerGreenDC Same conversation, but MoCA and Deitch have the spotlight now. This is going to be the conversation... about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to TylerGreenDC

LFung: Wow. Even Gawker is weighing in on the Jeffrey Deitch-MOCA discussion. http://bit.ly/8kxrRD #art about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

TG: What is it about the Deitch-to-MOCA possibility that brings out the batshit-nuttiest opining?! about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck

TG: @lfung And unlike Mr. Saltz, Gawker credited your story! :-P about 6 hours ago from TweetDeck in reply to lfung

Hrag Vartanian: Never thought I'd see the day Jerry Saltz & Gawker were in competition for "worst article on an art world controversy" category. about 5 hours ago from Tweetie
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