Jerry Saltz Dismisses Carsten Höller Exhibition as 'Arty Junk Food' While New Museum Raises Ticket Prices to Meet Demand

Jerry Saltz may absolutely hate the New Museum‘s Carsten Höller exhibition, “Experience,” but he seems perhaps alone in a city that is clamoring to get in. Calling it “arty junk food” and writing that “nothing provides much in terms of form, social commentary, or the willful transformation of materials,” Saltz takes issue in New York‘s year-end recap with not just the Höller exhibition, but all shows that turn museums as playgrounds (semi-surprisingly he includes Marina Abramovic‘s controversial LAMOCA fundraiser in this camp).