The Artist and the Critic

Fortunately not all critics are so urgently in need of friends that they write hymns of praise after every long lunch. Some even relish being labelled 'ungrateful'. I would argue that the only critic worth reading is an ungrateful critic. Looks at the role of visual art criticism in the newspaper columns of the daily press.

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How the Tail Now Wags the Dog

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New Geographies of Knowledge

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Immediate

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An Identity Crisis for Art Education?

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Polemic: The End of Art Schools as we know them?

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