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New York Times Art Critic Roberta Smith Retiring After 32 Years
She was appointed co-chief art critic in 2011, becoming the first woman at the paper to hold the title.
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Books
What Do Art Critics Actually Do?
Artists, collectors, curators, and dealers are all needed for the system to function, but the role of critics is up for grabs.
Art
Back When Painting Was Dead
When Clement Greenberg, Frank Stella, and Donald Judd tried to define what makes a painting, they overlooked a central feature — capaciousness.
Art
Jeff Koons: The Early Reviews
"There is something nightmarish about Jeff Koons," Peter Schjeldahl began in his 2008 review of the artist's retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago for the New Yorker. This verdict had long arrived — it has always seemed that the critical wagons were circled on the subject of Koo
News
Your Essential Guide to MOCApocalypse 2012
A lot has happened in the week and half since we last gave you an update on the situation at Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art. Oh wait, except ... nothing's actually happened.
Art
Margrit Lewczuk's Patterned Abstractions
I'm kicking myself for not getting to painter Margrit Lewczuk's vibrant show in the heart of Williamsburg sooner. I stepped into the fantastic show on its second to last day. Located on a stretch of Metropolitan that is quickly being transformed by new developments, the show is in a low-rise warehou
Opinion
Guggenheim's "YouTube Play" Greeted With Ambivalence
If you happened to be hiding under a social media rock for the past few days, you might have missed the Guggenheim museum's short-lived multimedia/indie band/internets extravaganza that was their Youtube-sponsored “Play” biennial. The biennial was in reality a juried exhibition that anyone could sub
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Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds Prove Hazardous to Visitors and Staff
Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds at the Tate's Turbine Hall space in London opened to a good deal of rejoicing. Viewers and critics alike were entranced by the installation, a field of 100 million sunflower seeds that were actually carved from porcelain. An abundance of press photos show exhibition-goers
Opinion
ArtReview's 2010 Power 100 in Graphs
ArtReview released its annual Power 100 yesterday, a document that makes a spirited attempt at putting the art world into numbers. The list held a few surprises, but really, what was most un-surprising about the whole affair was how lame and mainstream it was while frontin' a snarky facade, insider-
Opinion
How is MoMA's "Abstract Expressionist New York" Faring Online?
The Museum of Modern Art’s Abstract Expressionist New York: The Big Picture, an ambitious exhibition that (kinda) rethinks the standard narrative of Abstract Expressionism (aka AbEx), has been open since October 3. The show complicates things by reintroducing us to artists not entirely within the Ab
Art
The Emergence of Real Pop Art: Jeffrey Deitch & Street Art
As the reality of Deitch’s appointment to MOCA sinks in, let’s take a step back and look at his role as a street art advocate. Was he the prophet for the scene or just one of many fans? And where could this all lead?