What I like best about the art that is often called “minimalist” is that when it’s done with commitment and devotion, intellect and compassion, there’s nothing simple about it. A painting that — to paraphrase Seinfeld — is about nothing becomes about so much more.  

Because opening a new art gallery is timely and costly, especially if few people come in to buy or even visit, entrepreneurs have been looking for alternatives on the Internet. This, too, has problems. "In the great ocean of the Internet, any one Web site gets lost unless you can do a lot of advertising," says Clay Wainscott, a 65-year-old artist/gallerist with an unusual solution for the problem: a new art gallery in Brighton with an online component.