Talk:Matthew Marks Gallery

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[edit] Deletion per "Blatant Advertising"

Matthew Marks Gallery is seen, next to Gagosian Gallery, as among New York's most influential contemporary-art spaces -- see journalist Eric Konigsberg's New York Magazine profile of Marks from 5/2/05 (http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/art/11892/), in which he calls Marks "the new Leo Castelli." Per the New York Times of 11/3/06, by locating a space in New York City's "Chelsea" neighborhood, the Marks gallery actually changed the location of the US art market. Check especially the last clause: "Twelve years after the first major commercial gallery, Matthew Marks, ventured into what was then a ghostly neighborhood of truck fumes, oil stains and Soviet-size warehouses, Chelsea seems to show no signs of losing its momentum as a capital of art commerce the likes of which the city, and maybe the world, has never seen." (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/arts/design/03chel.html).

I understand, respect, and support a little mollusk's concern; no one wants wiki to be ad copy. But neither of the above publications is in the habit of running ad copy as editorial, and the marks gallery is already appearing ten times in various wiki pages. The artists listed, Jasper Johns, Nan Goldin, Darren Almond, Ellsworth Kelly, Andreas Gursky, are internationally known. The marks roster of contemporary art is pretty unparalleled, the way Random House is with writers, Comedy Central is with comedians and comedy shows, and Warner Brothers, Mirimax, Disney are with movie directors and actors; as Wiki includes entires for all the above organizations (as well as for Gagosian), it's hard for me to see the marks gallery inclusion as advertorial. Fenbaud (talk) 19:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

The language in the article -- "most influential" -- appears to be the author's opinion and is not given in quotes or with attribution -- "according to Joe Writer in the New York Times ... " This is the reason that the article as it is now is seen as biased and ad copy. Change the wording, add more substance about the gallery's history, and I think that would resolve the concerns. A little mollusk (talk) 19:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Got it, and done. Thanks, a little mollusk. Fenbaud (talk) 19:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome. It still could use more substance, but slow and steady ... right? A little mollusk (talk) 19:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)