Many writers and artists have quietly claimed Alamos for their own.

Most artists claim that its niveau has reached the world's highest standards in video making.

Say you have been lucky enough to make 250 memorable pictures in your career, a success rate that only preeminent artists can claim.

But no artist at the Henry can yet claim that triumph.

Another artist claims the people "want to see some cool graffiti, not a newspaper on the wall."

This is barely a criticism: few artists claim to be intellectual heavyweights.

Yet few artists can claim simultaneous rights to both ends of this perspective.

Many Americans, including myself, are offended by the arrogance with which artists frequently claim our attention and our money.

Some artists who had lived in the building claimed that they had lost their life's work.

It had been 36 years since another artist had claimed both top spots in a single year.