The Times chose to run a question and answer-style interview with one (just one) of the many MacArthur Foundation "genius" prize fellowship winners on the cover of its arts section. Never mind that winners of right-wing awards never get the attention in the Times that the left-leaning MacArthur geniuses do. Here is a portion of the Times interview with Brooklyn-based painter Nicole Eisenman:
Q. Do you feel that one of the reasons you were able to move toward painting and greater fluidity of meaning was that things had changed over the course of the 1990s, the art world was becoming a bit more open and your anger was less urgent?
A. Well, in some ways I think that conversation around queer politics is more or less over because of the success of the gay community in mainstream culture. Now the conversation has shifted to class, and that's where I want the focus of my work to be. There, and on race and trans politics as well.