Edward Winkleman on important questions about artists and their legacy, on luck, fate, circumstances and artist's creative center

discussing thoughts by chance of the recent Jan Lievens Show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington referring to a critic in the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/arts/design/31liev.html?_r=2&ref=design&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Don't miss the growing discussion at Winkleman's Blog, below (just starting)

plus, maybe interesting for German Readers, an interview with the founder of Contemporary Fine Art Berlin at Sueddeutsche.de

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/552389/514/2610602/Die-Zocker-werden-Opfer-ihrer-beispiellosen-Gier.html