Firepower

I usually don't read letters to the editor, but a very lengthy response by Robert Storr in the latest Artforum caught my eye. Apparently, Storr has been trading blows with Okwui Enwezor, Francesco Bonami and Jessica Morgan over the latter three's reviews of his Venice Biennale.  The disagreement is the fiercest between Enwezor and Storr, with both parties essentially calling each other racist bullies.   I guess the big power battles can be just as fierce as the little local ones. What's more interesting, however is that this one is playing out on a very public stage. I tend to think of these feuds as boiling behind closed doors, or the back of a bar.

(Sorry, no links to the letters. You have to pick up a copy of the mag to read for yourself)