For more than four decades now, Jeffrey Deitch has been a major player in the US art scene. The dealer, advisor, writer and exhibition organizer started his career in the New York of the 70s when the art community was still very small. In this talk explains about what avant-garde can be these days. “One of the most interesting things about art today,” he says, “is the changing status of the avant-garde. (…). Very interesting talk from the the avant garde diaries. You can find more interesting talks here and their facebook fan page is packed with interesting behind the scenes material