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Art critic

April 12, 2023

An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogues and on websites. Some of today's art critics use art blogs and other online platforms in order to connect with a wider audience and expand debate about art.

John Ruskin (1819–1900), c.1870. Leo Tolstoy described Ruskin as, "one of those rare men who think with their heart." A champion of the work of J. M. W. Turner, Ruskin detested the work of James McNeill Whistler[1]

Differently from art history, there is not an institutionalized training for art critics (with only few exceptions); art critics come from different backgrounds and they may or may not be university trained.[2] Professional art critics are expected to have a keen eye for art and a thorough knowledge of art history. Typically the art critic views art at exhibitions, galleries, museums or artists' studios and they can be members of the International Association of Art Critics which has national sections.[3] Very rarely art critics earn their living from writing criticism.

The opinions of art critics have the potential to stir debate on art-related topics. Due to this the viewpoints of art critics writing for art publications and newspapers adds to public discourse concerning art and culture. Art collectors and patrons often rely on the advice of such critics as a way to enhance their appreciation of the art they are viewing. Many now-famous and celebrated artists were not recognized by the art critics of their time, often because their art was in a style not yet understood or favored. Conversely, some critics, have become particularly important helping to explain and promote new art movements – Roger Fry with the Post-Impressionist movement, Lawrence Alloway with pop art as examples.

Controversies

According to James Elkins[4] there is a distinction between art criticism and art history based on institutional, contextual, and commercial criteria; the history of art criticism is taught in universities, but the practice of art criticism is excluded institutionally from academia. An experience-related article is Agnieszka Gratza.[5] Always according to James Elkins in smaller and developing countries, newspaper art criticism normally serves as art history. James Elkins's perspective portraits his personal link to art history and art historians and in What happened to art criticism he furthermore highlights the gap between art historians and art critics by suggesting that the first rarely cite the second as a source and that the second miss an academic discipline to refer to.[6]

Gallery

Notable art critics

For a more comprehensive list, see List of art critics.

See also

References

  1. ^ . Tate. Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  2. ^ James Elkins, What happened to art criticism, Prickley Paradigm Press, 2003, p. 8.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  4. ^ James Elkins, "Introduction" in Is Art History Global?, dir. James Elkins, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2007, pp. 5–15.
  5. ^ Gratza, Agnieszka (17 October 2013). "Frieze or faculty? One art critic's move from academia to journalism". The Guardian.
  6. ^ James Elkins, What Happened to Art Criticism, Prickley Paradigm Press, 2003, pp. 4–5, 9.
  7. ^ Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, French Eighteenth-Century Painters. Cornell Paperbacks, 1981, pp. 222–225. ISBN 0-8014-9218-1
  8. ^ Dickson, Harold Edward (1943). Observations on American Art: Selections from the Writings of John Neal (1793–1876). State College, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State College. p. ix.
  9. ^ Sears, Donald A. (1978). John Neal. Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers. p. 118. ISBN 080-5-7723-08.
  10. ^ Joanna Richardson, Baudelaire, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1994, p. 191, ISBN 0-312-11476-1.
  11. ^ J'accuse letter at French wikisource
  12. ^ Lunn, Margaret Rauschenbach (15 October 1982). (PDF) (PhD thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2011.
  13. ^ Grayling, A.C; Goulder, Naomi; Pyle, Andrew, eds. (2006). Bell, Arthur Clive Heward – Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199754694.001.0001. ISBN 9780199754694. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
  14. ^ Ian Chilvers, ed. (1990). "Fry, Roger". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 169.
  15. ^ [1], Refurbished Reputation for a Nervy Painter.
  16. ^ From "A Short Chronology", in Donald Allen: The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara.
  17. ^ This theory has been described as an "influential theory about the nature of art", according to Philosophy Now, November 2013
  18. ^ "John Berger obituary". The Guardian. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  19. ^ "I think the dead are with us": John Berger at 88". The New Statesman. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.

External links

  •   Media related to Art critics at Wikimedia Commons

April 12, 2023
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An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing interpreting and evaluating art Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers magazines books exhibition brochures and catalogues and on websites Some of today s art critics use art blogs and other online platforms in order to connect with a wider audience and expand debate about art John Ruskin 1819 1900 c 1870 Leo Tolstoy described Ruskin as one of those rare men who think with their heart A champion of the work of J M W Turner Ruskin detested the work of James McNeill Whistler 1 Differently from art history there is not an institutionalized training for art critics with only few exceptions art critics come from different backgrounds and they may or may not be university trained 2 Professional art critics are expected to have a keen eye for art and a thorough knowledge of art history Typically the art critic views art at exhibitions galleries museums or artists studios and they can be members of the International Association of Art Critics which has national sections 3 Very rarely art critics earn their living from writing criticism The opinions of art critics have the potential to stir debate on art related topics Due to this the viewpoints of art critics writing for art publications and newspapers adds to public discourse concerning art and culture Art collectors and patrons often rely on the advice of such critics as a way to enhance their appreciation of the art they are viewing Many now famous and celebrated artists were not recognized by the art critics of their time often because their art was in a style not yet understood or favored Conversely some critics have become particularly important helping to explain and promote new art movements Roger Fry with the Post Impressionist movement Lawrence Alloway with pop art as examples Contents 1 Controversies 2 Gallery 3 Notable art critics 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksControversies EditAccording to James Elkins 4 there is a distinction between art criticism and art history based on institutional contextual and commercial criteria the history of art criticism is taught in universities but the practice of art criticism is excluded institutionally from academia An experience related article is Agnieszka Gratza 5 Always according to James Elkins in smaller and developing countries newspaper art criticism normally serves as art history James Elkins s perspective portraits his personal link to art history and art historians and in What happened to art criticism he furthermore highlights the gap between art historians and art critics by suggesting that the first rarely cite the second as a source and that the second miss an academic discipline to refer to 6 Gallery Edit Jean Honore Fragonard Portrait of Denis Diderot 1769 Louvre Paris His art criticism was highly influential His Essais sur la peinture was described by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as a magnificent work which speaks even more helpfully to the poet than to the painter though to the painter too it is as a blazing torch Diderot s favorite painter was Jean Baptiste Greuze 7 Portrait of John Neal by Sarah Miriam Peale 1823 Neal is regarded as the first American art critic 8 9 and was also an influential writer and literary critic Charles Baudelaire 1855 Photo by Nadar Baudelaire is associated with the Decadent movement His book of poetry Les Fleurs du mal is acknowledged as a classic of French literature 10 Edouard Manet Portrait of Zacharie Astruc 1866 Kunsthalle Bremen He was a strong defender of Gustave Courbet and was one of the first to recognize the talent of Edouard Manet He also defended Claude Monet James McNeill Whistler Carolus Duran Fantin Latour and Alphonse Legros Edouard Manet Portrait of Emile Zola 1868 Musee d Orsay Emile Zola 1840 1902 was an influential French writer and art critic He was a major figure in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus 11 Albert Aurier c 1890 Wrote about Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin 12 Paul Signac Felix Feneon 1890 A French anarchist and art critic in Paris during the late 1800s He coined the term Neo impressionism in 1886 Portrait of Clive Bell 1881 1964 by Roger Fry 1924 c 13 Guillaume Apollinaire 1880 1918 1914 French poet writer and art critic he is credited with coining the word surrealism Andre Salmon Modigliani and Pablo Picasso in Montparnasse 1916 photographed by Jean Cocteau Roger Fry Self portrait 1928 He was described by Kenneth Clark as incomparably the greatest influence on taste since Ruskin In so far as taste can be changed by one man it was changed by Roger Fry 14 Leo Stein 1872 1947 art collector critic elder brother of Gertrude Stein Photo by Carl Van Vechten November 9 1937 Frank O Hara 1926 1966 15 Larry Rivers delivered one of the eulogies along with Bill Berkson Edwin Denby and Rene d Harnoncourt 16 Arthur Danto 1924 2013 Danto laid the groundwork for an institutional definition of art 17 John Berger 1926 2017 18 19 Notable art critics EditFor a more comprehensive list see List of art critics Christopher Allen Lawrence Alloway Guillaume Apollinaire Zacharie Astruc Albert Aurier Charles Baudelaire Michael Baxandall Sister Wendy Beckett Clive Bell Andrew Berardini Bernard Berenson John Berger Vasily Botkin John Canaday Champfleury Kenneth Clark T J Clark Robert Coates Clarence Cook Douglas Cooper Royal Cortissoz Thomas Craven Arthur Danto G Roger Denson Sergei Diaghilev Denis Diderot John Elderfield James Elkins Felix Feneon Hal Foster Peter Frank Michael Fried B H Friedman Roger Fry Peter Fuller Theophile Gautier Stepan Gedeonov Gustave Geffroy Clement Greenberg Dmitry Grigorovich Boris Groys Ichirō Hariu Dave Hickey Robert Hughes Edouard Jaguer Michael Kimmelman Gottfried Knapp de Hilton Kramer Rosalind E Krauss R Siva Kumar Donald Kuspit Julien Leclercq Louis Leroy Lucy R Lippard Giovanni Lista George Loukomski Sergey Makovsky Nancy Marmer Camille Mauclair Octave Mirbeau Robert C Morgan Suzanne Muchnic John Neal Linda Nochlin Frank O Hara Saul Ostrow Jed Perl Adrian Prakhov Griselda Pollock Nikolay Punin Arlene Raven Herbert Read Pierre Restany John Rewald Rainer Maria Rilke Daniel Robbins Barbara Rose Harold Rosenberg Robert Rosenblum John Ruskin John Russell Frank Rutter Andre Salmon Jerry Saltz Irving Sandler Meyer Schapiro Peter Schjeldahl Brian Sewell Roberta Smith Rafael Squirru Vladimir Stasov Leo Stein Leo Steinberg Aleksey Suvorin Michel Tapie Theophile Thore Burger Eric Troncy Tristan Tzara Kirk Varnedoe Louis Vauxcelles Boris Vipper Karen Wilkin Emile Zola Ticio EscobarSee also EditList of art criticsReferences Edit Turner Whistler Monet Tate Archived from the original on 2012 01 12 Retrieved 2009 04 12 James Elkins What happened to art criticism Prickley Paradigm Press 2003 p 8 Organisation Chart 2012 2013 AICA international Archived from the original on 2013 12 12 Retrieved 2013 12 12 James Elkins Introduction in Is Art History Global dir James Elkins Routledge Taylor amp Francis Group 2007 pp 5 15 Gratza Agnieszka 17 October 2013 Frieze or faculty One art critic s move from academia to journalism The Guardian James Elkins What Happened to Art Criticism Prickley Paradigm Press 2003 pp 4 5 9 Edmond and Jules de Goncourt French Eighteenth Century Painters Cornell Paperbacks 1981 pp 222 225 ISBN 0 8014 9218 1 Dickson Harold Edward 1943 Observations on American Art Selections from the Writings of John Neal 1793 1876 State College Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State College p ix Sears Donald A 1978 John Neal Boston Massachusetts Twayne Publishers p 118 ISBN 080 5 7723 08 Joanna Richardson Baudelaire St Martin s Press New York 1994 p 191 ISBN 0 312 11476 1 J accuse letter at French wikisource Lunn Margaret Rauschenbach 15 October 1982 G Albert Aurier Critic and Theorist of Symbolist Art PDF PhD thesis Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archived from the original PDF on 4 June 2011 Grayling A C Goulder Naomi Pyle Andrew eds 2006 Bell Arthur Clive Heward Oxford Reference doi 10 1093 acref 9780199754694 001 0001 ISBN 9780199754694 Retrieved 2018 09 17 Ian Chilvers ed 1990 Fry Roger The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists Oxford and New York Oxford University Press p 169 1 Refurbished Reputation for a Nervy Painter From A Short Chronology in Donald Allen The Collected Poems of Frank O Hara This theory has been described as an influential theory about the nature of art according to Philosophy Now November 2013 John Berger obituary The Guardian 2 January 2017 Retrieved 3 January 2017 I think the dead are with us John Berger at 88 The New Statesman 11 June 2015 Retrieved 3 January 2017 External links Edit Media related to Art critics at Wikimedia Commons Good audio version of symposium on contemporary 2007 art criticism entitled Empathy and Criticality sponsored by the Frieze Foundation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Art critic amp 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