Manatee Party

Part of October's “Art Communities at Risk” series, Josh Kline's essay examines key structural problems in the American art industry through the lens of class, tracing their origins back to the staggering prices and rents for commercial and residential real estate in New York City today. Kline's text draws on personal observations and experience accumulated over the last twenty-five years while working as an institutional curator and as an emerging and mid-career artist, as well as on extensive background conversations with peers and colleagues.