Books
In the 1980s I religiously read Indiana's weekly, polemical Voice dispatches in which he described the ills of US society from the point of view of an energetic, radical, gay critic absent art bona fides.
Art
What does it mean when art critics aren't invited to participate?
Books
Artists, collectors, curators, and dealers are all needed for the system to function, but the role of critics is up for grabs.
Art
Berger's art criticism succeeds because of its tangibility — it is grounded in human experience, historical events, and the physical artworks.
Art
Washington, DC — “Words could not express what an agreeable spectacle this was for me to see all at one time such a prodigious quantity of every kind of work,” wrote Jean Rou in his Mémoires inédits et opuscules.
Opinion
This past May, after 30 years on the job, Kenneth Baker announced his retirement as art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. Today, his replacement was announced.
Art
CHENGDU, China — ARTWOCA’s writing is part ferocious critique, part gossip, and part adventure in typography.
Books
It has often been said that writing about art is like dancing about architecture. Nearly as often, it has also then been said: But I’m going to do it anyway.
Opinion
Many criticisms have been leveled at art fairs.
Art
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — After a total mindfuck of a weekend at Superscript, perhaps it is fitting that I began writing this attempt at a postscript in a note on my iPhone in airport terminals both with and sans-wifi, while hovering over grids of gradated green, ascending through strata of cumuli and
Opinion
If you're looking for a very generous review of the Kehinde Wiley exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, read Roberta Smith. If you're looking for one that's startlingly homophobic and racist, read Jessica Dawson.
Opinion
On January 17 a group of performers hired by a French artist smashed nearly half of the artworks in his new exhibition, then this happened.