Of course, museums and galleries and art spaces will continue to ground the art world. But certainly the public - as well as artists - also benefit when art is encountered in other everyday situations.

Art shouldn't be prohibited in public schools when kids in private schools always get it.

The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing; museums are scaling back.

It's a heady feeling. Museums around the world are buying [contemporary Chinese art], Chinese collectors have begun to get seriously interested and even funds are being created to buy it. This is Chinese art's moment.

You don't have a balanced life if you don't have art.

...then I did the simplest thing in the world. I leaned down... and kissed him. And the world cracked open