"Rubell! Shmubells!"

Glenn Ligon, Untitled, (I Sell Shadow to Sustain the Substance) 2005, Neon sign and paint, Ed. 3/3, 7 1/2 x 192 1/2 Photo: AFC, Courtesy of the Rubell Collection

An interesting piece about the Rubell Collection by Jonathan T.D. Neil for Art Review. He notes a unique problem when private collections earn an "institutional identity" but are still closely aligned with the collectors themselves. Neil wonders if we criticize the exhibition, which consists entirely of works owned by the Rubells, then are we also criticizing the Rubells in the same way that we might criticize someone's home decor.

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