"The social structure that connects artists no longer resembles a secret revolutionary cell, where each member must be vetted and constantly risks expulsion. Today it is more like a nightclub, where admission depends on a doorman with a guest list in

[joseph berg]

http://escapingartist.com/?p=3632

"The social structure that connects artists no longer resembles a secret
revolutionary cell, where each member must be vetted and constantly risks
expulsion. Today it is more like a nightclub, where admission depends on a
doorman with a guest list in hand and an eye for mediagenic personalities.
Entry depends less on ones art than on the context in which it appears, on
your place in the social network."