These are the brave words that Josephine Halvorson, the painter, posted to Facebook in the early hours this fateful morning. Those of us with art to make or magazines to edit must be thankful for work, as a distraction but also a locus of resistance. I now bless the good luck that led me and … Continued

In 2004 artist Andrew Ginzel produced a list of current art exhibitions for his multimedia class at SVA which he would soon share with friends and friends of friends: SOME but not all SHOWS TO SEE January 16, 2004 Listed ± south to north. This turned itself into a decade-plus obsession with providing what, bizarrely, … Continued

The Review Panel is tonight at Brooklyn Public Library

Pennsylvania Academy graduate Mary Claire Ramirez’s interview is the first artcritical prize at that institution

artcritical.com doesn’t aspire to be the journal of record when it comes to obituaries: we respond as any serious art magazine does when a giant leaves the field, but as in much of our coverage, the choice of artists and art world personalities to whom we pay tribute is determined less by editorial policy than by … Continued

Welcome to artcritical, where we’re shaking off the snow

Debate is of the essence at artcritical as in the world of art

Last weekend’s marathon seems to be exerting an unexpected influence on the world of art, or at least of artcritical.  Endurance-testing art projects (hopefully with resulting exhilaration) are a common denominator in two of the exhibitions selected for the next installment of The Review Panel. On November 21 Sarah Douglas, Edward Epstein and Lance Esplund … Continued

For artcritical.com, a milestone and a significant appointment.  The former has been trumpeted for a while in our newsletters but the giddy sense of achievement is yet to rub off: the tenth anniversary of The Review Panel. (The podcast from last month’s season premiere is now available, by the way.) Friday, October 24 sees three veteran … Continued

Thoughts on negative criticism, The Review Panel and his job from recently appointed Associate Editor