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# Critics Talk Shop and Art World Hierarchies
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/new-york-academy-art-conversation-critics/
- Published: 2017-11-28T00:17:48.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:26:02.000Z
- Description: On Wednesday night, art writers and critics Stephanie Cash, Jessica Lynne, Yasmeen Siddiqui, and Jason Stopa gather to talk shop and take questions at the New York Academy of Art.
- Author: Benjamin Sutton
- Tags: Art, Events, New York Academy of Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

![The New York Academy of Art at 111 Franklin Street (photo via Facebook)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2017/11/ny-academy-art-critics-convo-front-lead.jpg)

The New York Academy of Art at 111 Franklin Street (photo via Facebook)

What’s it like being art critics today, and how should artists approach them? Those are the two foremost subjects in the New York Academy of Art’s ongoing panel series *A Conversation with the Critics*, organized and moderated by Sharon Louden. For [Wednesday’s edition](https://nyaa.edu/a-conversation-with-the-critics-sharon-louden-talks-with-yasmeen-siddiqui-jessica-lynne-stephanie-cash-and-jason-stopa/?ref=hyperallergic.com) of the series, she’ll be joined by Stephanie Cash, the executive editor of the Atlanta-centric art blog [Burnaway](http://burnaway.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com); [ARTS.BLACK](http://arts.black/?ref=hyperallergic.com) co-founder and editor Jessica Lynne (a [Hyperallergic contributor](https://hyperallergic.com/author/jessica-lynne/)); the Denver-based curator and critic (and [Hyperallergic contributor](https://hyperallergic.com/author/yasmeen-siddiqui/)) Yasmeen Siddiqui; and artist and writer [Jason Stopa](https://jasonstopa.wordpress.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (who is *also* a [Hyperallergic contributor](https://hyperallergic.com/author/jason-stopa/)).

Eternal subjects such as the nature of art criticism and the direction it’s headed these days will be addressed. Also on the docket for discussion are more contemporary questions like the art world’s hierarchy of places — which tends to privilege New York, London, and Los Angeles over places like Atlanta and Denver — and the many roles of the art critic, who must also be a social media wiz and relentless self-promoter while also holding down a day job and/or maintain a studio practice. And, if past editions are anything to go by, you’re liable to pick up a little insider tips along the way.

**When:** Wednesday, November 29 at 6:30pm  
**Where:** [New York Academy of Art](https://nyaa.edu/?ref=hyperallergic.com) (111 Franklin Street, Tribeca, Manhattan)

*More info* [*here*](https://nyaa.edu/a-conversation-with-the-critics-sharon-louden-talks-with-yasmeen-siddiqui-jessica-lynne-stephanie-cash-and-jason-stopa/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*