HOME / Art : The big picture. Freaking Out the Old Masters Why the Whitney Museum chose George Condo to represent the state of art in 2010. By Ben Davis|Posted Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at 9:39 AM Tweet Click here to see a slide-show essay about the art of George Condo. . Advertisement . . Tweet MYSLATE Save this story. Follow all Art articles. Follow the Arts section. Follow stories by Ben Davis. MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more. SLATE'S MOST VIRAL There Is Nothing Miraculous About a Tornado, Wolf Blitzer A Huge Discovery About Prime Numbers—and What It Means for the Future of Math Steve Jobs’ Dream Device Has Arrived, and It's Made by Microsoft Ben Davis is an art critic living in New York. Click here to load comments.