Comments on: Our Long National Nightmare is Over http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/11/04/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:49:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alec Soth http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/11/04/our-long-national-nightmare-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Alec Soth Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:35:08 +0000 http://timelookingaround.wordpress.com/?p=113#comment-9 While the collapse of the financial markets have been painful, it isn’t hard to see the upside. Americans are reassessing their priorities. And on this beautiful and historic day, they appear to be choosing hope over cynicism. The collapse of the art market will also be painful. But this too is an opportunity for hope to trump cynicism. “Thanks, but no thanks, on that Road To Nowhere,” someone once said. I might be putting lipstick on a pig, but I agree that this is going to be a good time for art. While the collapse of the financial markets have been painful, it isn't hard to see the upside. Americans are reassessing their priorities. And on this beautiful and historic day, they appear to be choosing hope over cynicism.

The collapse of the art market will also be painful. But this too is an opportunity for hope to trump cynicism. “Thanks, but no thanks, on that Road To Nowhere,” someone once said. I might be putting lipstick on a pig, but I agree that this is going to be a good time for art.

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