After 8.5 years Tyler Green is moving Modern Art Notes to Art Info. Yes yes, I know Tyler drives some people crazy with his moralizing which can border on the shrill but what I appreciate most about him is how seriously he takes arts journalism (which is a mostly debased profession these days). By "seriously" I mean he compartmentalizes his love of the arts and the integrity of such, holding it on par or above journalism's pettier exploits (i.e. careerism, petty inter-critic bitch slapping etc). If we had more Tyler's the Barnes foundation, Rose Art Museum etc. would not be going in the integrity shy directions they have undertaken. Frankly we need more critics in the mainstream press, espc. ones who care about the end product as much as their careers.

What this means is I finally have to update PORT's links page for Monday (so send me your links and I'll get on it). Overall, I'm a historian (another dubious prof that's important when done well) so I'm coming at it from another angle but I think the important thing is that people like Tyler can find umbrella organizations that can pay the bills and keep serious arts writing alive. Good on yah sir.