Criticism Now
Kunstkritikk marked its 20th anniversary in 2023 with a series of articles exploring the role and challenges of art criticism today.
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.
Gilles Deleuze’s Unpublished Theory of Painting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.
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.
Conversations With Friends
Art is artistic again: sometimes enchanting, sometimes plain commercial. But with formal criteria long left behind, how do we tell the difference?
Un-Settling Criticism
David Garneau wants to write about Indigenous art with critical care.
An Investment in Democracy
Norwegian proposals for increased funding for periodicals and criticism should not only be heeded by the authorities, but also serve as inspiration for colleagues in other countries.
Criticism Can Be Good
Reviews should be written for those who care, not for people in power. A new book collects some of the most savage criticism from the past sixty years.
Critics at Large
The duo behind The White Pube wants less theorising and more action.
