A right old Barney
I’m planning a string of posts on Canadian art, but I think I’ll begin with a Canadian art “scandal” that actually involved an American artwork.
In 1990, the National Gallery of Canada purchased “Voice of Fire”, a huge abstract painting by Barnett Newman, for $1.76 million. The media, the government and a big chunk of the public went postal for two months. We’ll get to my own take on the controversy, published at the time. See the rest.
