The George Condo retrospective at the New Museum has already received as much ink as the place garnered for any show in 2010. A crowd pleaser—the museum reports record attendance since opening night—the exhibition has been variously described as "a delight," "sensational," and, in the words of one clever crank, a show of truly awful works by a gifted painter that people just love. Popularity aside, the critical consensus on this survey to date is—there is no consensus. More important, though, are the peculiar alternate histories drummed up to justify what—to a few lights at least—amounts to an... More >>>