In this week's Slate (
www.slate.com), Jacob Weisberg's Browser column examines
the Whitney Museum of American Art's unique place in the American art museum
world. The Whitney on Prozac - A once outrageous art museum gets way too
mellow.
http://www.slate.com/Browser/99-05-01/Browser.asp "Each of New York's
big art museums has its own, distinct personality. The Guggenheim is a noisy
extrovert that craves attention. The Met is deep, mysterious, and aloof--it
takes years to really get to know it. MoMA is a bit vain, justifiably so. The
oddball of the group is the Whitney Museum of American Art, which suffers from
an institutional version of bipolar disorder. One day it shouts obscenities in
your face. The next it's calm nearly to the point of affectlessness."
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