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It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't.

Dave Hickey
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"Doyen of American critics turns his back on the 'nasty, stupid' world of modern art". Interview with Edward Helmore and Paul Gallagher, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2012.
It used to be that if you stood in front of a painting you didn't understand, you'd have some obligation to guess. Now you don't.