Recently various commentators, myself amongst them, have pointed to the present crisis of art criticism. Some older publications have been rebooted or even closed, and there is general awareness of ...

The agenda for a 1979 general meeting of the American section of the International Association of Art Critics, signed by then-president John Perreault, includes reference to a “heated and lively ...

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. Whether or not the dance analogy captures ...

Art criticism constitutes a systematic practice of interpreting, contextualising and evaluating visual and material culture. Its lineage extends from connoisseurship and formal analysis to critical ...

Criticism must be part of the creative process. It offers an outside view of the creator's work. It allows you to see your work from a different angle, as it highlights aspects that may escape the eye ...

That artists can often have a distinctive old age style is a very familiar claim.. When the body ages, and the mind draws upon temporally distant experience, it’s almost inevitable that a painter will ...