David sallies forth at the New Museum

The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted a book launch on 10 October for David Salles How to See, a trenchant and light-on-its-feet collection of critical essays and less-targeted musings about art, artists, fame, and, if you read it closely enough, what its like to have been David Salle for all these years, in New York magazines estimation. The evening began with Salle holding court onstage, with artists like Alex Katz and Clifford Ross in the audience, fielding prompts from associate curator