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Confessions of a Punk Critic
When the ideas about art’s autonomy and the death of the author have been consigned to the landfill, all that remains is the naked sender.
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A Future Without a Horizon
In its tenth iteration, Performa in New York City seems to have forgotten to ask itself fundamental questions about the relevance of its curatorial model.
New York Doesn’t Exist
But the images survive forever. Postcard from a residency.
Listen Up, Documenta!
No curator. Not even a finding commission. What’s happening with Documenta? Is it time for a reboot – or is the end nigh?
Nicewashing
Curators’ efforts to blur formal hierarchies tend to veil the power they themselves wield.
Gilles Deleuze’s Unpublished Theory of Painting
France celebrates as the philosopher’s fabled lectures are finally committed to print.
Stockholm Syndrome
Critics must break the chains of administrative power.
On Genocide and the Duty to Speak Up
When Western leaders fail to condemn Israel’s bombing of civilian Palestinians in Gaza, it becomes the people’s responsibility – and the responsibility of artists and cultural workers – to protest.
The Real Crisis of Criticism
If Norwegian art critics have a marginal role in the public eye, they have only to blame their collective aversion to risk.
You Are a Target
Art criticism is losing its footing amid obsessive demands for distribution and relevance. This is a problem for art too.
Freedom for Whom?
The Danish government’s bill to counteract Quran burnings sacrifices art’s autonomy, ambiguity, and freedom.
The Most Expensive Fine Arts Degree in the Nordics
With the introduction of tuition fees for international students, Norway has become one of the most heavily guarded towers in Fortress Europe.
