Anonymous Sources

The Anonymous Sources column is exactly what it says it is: a place for posts by authors and sources who do not, for reasons of their own, wish to comment under their own names. It provides a way in which controversial ideas, views, and news about the arts can be raised, talked about, and challenged by the online community.

Although The Arts Fuse will edit these columns and vet their authenticity and accuracy, its readers should make no assumptions, other than those we supply, about the identities of those quoted and posted without attribution. If we discover that some of the contents of these posts are inaccurate or misleading, we will say so. We will not reveal the identities of the sources or authors except as they relate to the contents of the posts.

We feel anonymous columns of this kind have a long and glorious history in American journalism, going back to the American Revolution, The Federalist Papers, and, more recently, the original, anonymous Talk of the Town columns from the New Yorker magazine’s golden age. We are pleased that the tradition has recently been revived in this “Age of the Blog.”

As with the old New Yorker’s Talk of the Town pieces, posts in Anonymous Sources may come from regular Arts Fuse contributors or its staff. Or they may not. Once again, our readers are cautioned to make no assumptions.

Those who wish to contribute material to Anonymous Sources should contact:

staff@theartsfuse.com

Note: With regard to the recent Pollock Matter Affair posts, The Arts Fuse can assert categorically that no one involved with the disputed paintings themselves, their ownership, their scientific analysis, or their exhibition at the McMullen Museum and its catalogue had anything to do with composing them or had any prior knowledge of their posting.