Accrochage, 2020

`I wrote a script about the art world, called Accrochage. I’m not a screenwriter. I gained my reputation in the artworld, as a writer and artist; sometimes I write books. I’d noticed that in the last few years we were seeing more attempts by movies and television to package the art world for their own audiences. None of these have been written by anyone from inside the artworld, however. I figured that after forty years toiling in it I was in a position to provide a more accurate picture and, on top of that, have my say. I had tales to tell. I worked at the book — it evolved into a hybrid of screenplay and play — off and on for a few years. When finished I solicited advice from my friend Greg, a successful LA screenwriter, about the best way to get this script into the hands of people “in the industry” who might do something with it. Greg recommended that I publish it as a book. And so we have. Will the art world portrayed in Accrochage restore itself to full strength or has the pandem