We’re collecting reactions to last week’s #Rank event at the Seven Art Fair. Did you attend? Lead an event? Stumble upon it? Watch the livestream or follow it via Twitter? Which ever way you noticed it or tuned in, I want you to share your comments or story for a post later this week as we reflect on what it was all about.
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Organized by William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton, the first incarnation of this project, titled #Class, was just chosen by New York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz as the #10 art show in 2010.
Image caption: A view of #Rank during Greg Allen’s lecture on Museum/Gala culture, Friday
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