Ahhh it's a gloomy time of year (except it's sunny in Portland right now). We will have our own Glitter and Doom review up soon but till then Jerry Saltz has his take on two shows of doom in NYC.

Speaking of too much money as a way to doom the direction of nonprofits, last week Edward Winkleman had this awesome post on Triple Candie's controversial show. Money doesnt solve all problems, it creates new ones by quantifying everything which is ok but at a certain point it hijacks the art ecosystem. The interesting thing about Portland right now is how managable and open it is, while having some serious money beginning to go around. There is still room for art that is difficult to quantify as a commercial exchange... at least here it is difficult to quantify, giving it a different feeling which in itself is becoming attractive to places that can quantify it.