Writing in the New York Times, Roberta Smith had this to say:
"Moving through several generation of European and American artists, [this group exhibition] makes surprising connections among unusual suspects, keeping the viewer's mind and eye in rewarding motion."

The exhibition included works by Balthus, William Blake, Lucian Freud, Jim Nutt, Vija Celmins, Mark Greenwold, Henry Darger, Paul Cadmus, Myron Stout...