A good blog is a unique social phenomenon, one that can take on a life and identity far beyond what it’s original creators intended. I think this is what happened with a blog called PaintersNYC. The blogs creators, who are artists didn’t seem to realise what they were starting when they started posting an image and leaving the comment box open.

The image posted is almost always by a contemporary artist having a current show at a NY gallery. (often a major one)The comment threads that have developed are an amazing snarky public crit session as MFA’s try to show you the art speak and insider trivia, they spent $100,000 getting into their heads.

One interesting thing, is that the threads are often so long and involved the the blogs owners no longer can keep up with them. One thing to remember is that these comments are really relevant only if you have seen the show in question or are pretty familiar with an artists work.