"...how can we ever hope to come to a final recognition of art that is an instrument of totalitarian control as distinct from art that helps to set us free?" With this question Kurt reset the terms of his relationship to the art world of 1969. Having risen to the top echelon of art critics, Kurt's disenchantment with the whole "scene" is revealed in his statement, "To be sure, I have considered the virtues of blowing up every art gallery and museum in the United States and Canada--for starters..." This review, which appeared in artscanada, is among the last of his articles published in the pages of the many leading art magazines to which he had regularly contributed.
