Honoring the Artist: Nick Cordone

This week's cover by Nick Cordone, "The Guardian," does not simply celebrate the fall season with its iconic scarecrow. The rusting trucks convey a theme that's close to Cordone's heart by representing what were once dominant images on the East End. Unfortunately, those images are fading fast.
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Art Events
This weeks Art Happenings
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'Acquisitions,' Priscilla Heine, Guild Hall
by Marion Wolberg Weiss

This critic can't think of a more difficult job than selecting work for a museum's permanent collection. Thank goodness that chore goes to the curator and a special committee, at least in the case of Guild Hall. Why the difficulty? Because the collection should include art that is important and worthy of preservation. Often particular artists have proven themselves already, so their work's salience is guaranteed. But what about artists who are not as well known, who haven't proven themselves (whatever that means in this market-driven economy and fickle culture)? What about artists whose works are not 100 years old and have not passed the test of time?
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