Thursday, October 15, 2009
Art
ArtReview Releases its Annual Power-Rankings
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:27 PM
The art world's foremost list, the
ArtReview Power 100, was released today, and many of this year's newcomers and biggest climbers in the index of influence and importance are curators and gallerists. After being topped by
Damien Hirst last year (now #48), this year's Top 5 is full of museum directors and curators:
Hans Ulrich Obrist, the director of London's
Serpentine Gallery took number one;
Glenn D. Lowry, director of
MoMA at number two;
Tate director and
Turner Prize jury chairman
Sir Nicholas Serota came in third; the curator of the 2009
Venice Biennale and rector of Frankfurt's Staedelschule Daniel Birnbaum placed fourth; and
Larry Gagosian of the eponymous
gallery empire rounded out the top 5.
Other notable features of this year's list: the highest ranked artist is Bruce Nauman at number 10 followed by Jeff Koons at 13; the highest-ranking critic is the New York Times' Roberta Smith at 61; and Glenn Beck (him?) snuck his way in there at number 100 for his very public and very regular assertions that he doesn't get art.
Tags: contemporary art, Bruce Nauman, ArtReview, lists, Power 100, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Glenn D. Lowry, Gagosian, Bruce Nauman, Roberta Smith, Glenn Beck
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