The survey exhibitions that galleries stage at year’s end, which usually consist of small works by all of the artists they represent, are frequently confused with the art-themed holiday markets, aimed primarily at gift-giving.
At their best, the gallery shows are much more than that. They reflect not only what the gallery has to offer but the gallery’s larger vision of what art is and what art should do.
I want to focus briefly on two examples, because the shows are so illustrative of this and so outstanding.
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