Meanwhile, in the art world.(Karen Finley)(Brief article)

"Never varies" is the slogan for a well-known brand of scotch. The fruitier precincts of the art world might consider adopting it for their own use. We are prompted to offer this suggestion by George and Martha, a "satire" by the "performance artist" Karen Finley, who catapulted to dubious notoriety some years ago when it was revealed that the National Endowment for the Arts had subsidized a "transgressive" performance that involved Ms. Finley parading up and down on a stage, naked, smeared with chocolate, skirling about the evils of patriarchy, America, etc., etc. It was an inappropriate use of the taxpayer's money, to be sure, but even when first performed, Ms. Finley's act had the moth-eaten aspect of ...