3!!!!1!

I had totally forgotten about this, but thinking about some comments I made at some blogs recently reminded me that the three-year anniversary of this site had to be coming up.  I checked, and whaddya know--it's today.  So happy anniversary to MK and its first of 1,138 posts, not including this one, to date.  Production has dropped off since that first year, obviously--I know she's a pro, but it's still staggering to think that Lee Rosenbaum has produced only about 200 fewer posts in, what, about half the time--but I continue to hope things will pick up again in the future.  I should note that, for the time being, all material will likely be based on books, media coverage, etc., rather than firsthand experience of particular exhibitions.  Due to some unfortunate developments (I'm fine, thank you, don't worry), I'm not going to have much time to get out and look at things very much for perhaps a couple of months.  As I complained before, right now I don't feel like I'm missing much besides the Cornell, but still, it's a little disappointing.

I'd give you some thoughts on how things have changed since I started doing this, but the most telling fact is that I'm not able to do so--there are now so many blogs covering the visual arts, including a number in New England by paid writers (1, 2, and 3) and arts professionals (for instance), that I can't entirely keep up with it all.  Publications both national and international have gotten into it, not to mention individuals with expertise in questions of art law.  We're still waiting for things to really take off among academic art historians, but plenty of museums have gotten into it, not to mention scads of artists, interested observers, gallerists, etc.  I do my best, mostly, but I can't keep up.  So: the state of our art blogging world is strong!  Though we still stink, anyway.  Oh well.

Not Yet Three--Jonathan Richman

Comments

[mark]

Hip, hip!! Cheers to m.k..
one of the scads

[JL]

Thanks, mark. I debated whether to put this post up, as the only thing worse than a self-congratulatory anniversary post is one that no one responds to. I've at least avoided that fate.

[Arthur Whitman]

Happy birthday, fellow illiterate.

[Lee Rosenbaum aka CultureGrrl]

Happy Anniverary, JL. And thanks for reminding me to be less obsessive-compulsive about blogging!

[martin]

i still have no idea what your name is.

and am still waiting for the cranky responses you mentioned back at the end of the rumble in the jungle post.

crank it!

[J@simpleposie]

Happy B'Day Modkicks!

(for some reason I thought you were a little older. That owes to the fact my own blog is pushing five{!} and you were one of the first to list it in your blogroll which was incredibly encouraging to me at the time)

best to you

[JL]

Thanks to all. Please continue the obsessive blogging, Lee, I need a lot of reading material. My name will continue to be a not-so-closely guarded secret (although I once linked to something that had it, so in a way it's out--it just won't appear here, or in anything linked to blogging.) Five years, J, wow! That's pretty amazing--I could never think so much to come up with all of the questions you ask. I have too hard a time trying to think of any answers at all. Cranks response post should get done soon, if I can manage--thanks for the reminder.