At the beginning of the present pandemic, there seemed to be a curious, newfound appreciation for art. Social media was awash with elegies at the realization that art fairs would be cancelled, galleries closed, and highly anticipated exhibitions postponed indefinitely. Various non-artist stakeholders in the art world declared that art was the only thing that we had in the face of unprecedented adversity. https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/when-artists-speak/ Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art © The Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC.