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What Happened to Art Criticism? This question was the title of a 2003 pamphletby James Elkins,[1] which has lost none

In his 1922 canvas Au rendez-vous des amis, Max Ernst records the lively cultural ferment that accompanied the theorisation of

Over the last few decades, a number of economic, social and cultural phenomena have challenged the power of criticism, from

Nicolas Ballario: It seems that between being and not being, Italy as a country prefers to be a has-been. Are

‘Fools lament the decay of criticism.For its day is long past.Criticism is a matter of correct distancing.It was at home

Magazines are doubtless born of a critical impulse. But we need to understand what is meant by criticism. First of

«The art critic is an endangered species»[1]Hal Foster In recent years, the marginalisation of the role of art criticism has

In 2002, October — the magazine founded by Rosalind Krauss and Annette Michelson in the mid-1970s with the stated intention

What is art criticism, what is it for, what are its methods, what potential does it have, and why is

Does art criticism still exist? In what settings does it express itself? What is art criticism today? What are its