Colin writes for the Brooklyn - based art blog Hyperallergic, and is
a cultural critic for The Huffington Post.
Sally O'Reilly is
a cultural critic for Time Out, Art Monthly, and Modern Painters, a writer of catalogue essays, an events organizer, Founder of Implicasphere, and author of The Body in Contemporary Art (Thames & Hudson)
Eleanor Heartney has been an arts writer, curator, and
cultural critic for over 20 years.
Mary Elizabeth Williams is
the cultural critic for Public Radio International's morning news show, The Takeaway, and a regular contributor to Salon.com.
Not exact matches
This posture is assumed when those writers represent the major islands of Western literary tradition, the central
cultural engine — so it goes — of racism, poverty, sexism, homophobia, and imperialism: a cesspool that literary
critics would expose
for mankind's benefit.
But what
critics who point to these reasons
for the loss of certainty seem too often to forget is that the Church is never only a function of a culture nor ever only a supercultural community; that the problem of its ministers is always how to remain faithful servants of the Church in the midst of
cultural change and yet to change culturally so as to be true to the Church's purpose in new situations.
But its roots are traceable to the end of the 19th century when influential
cultural critics - Matthew Arnold chief among them - drew critical attention to deep concordances between religion and art with their predictions that, in Arnold's famous phrase, «most of what now passes with us
for religion will be replaced by poetry.»
For some distance and detachment, we turn to the deeper
cultural and philosophical analyses of our friendly European
critics Pierre Manent and Roger Scruton.
An assessment of the film as part of a dissertational examination of Lawrence's contribution to comedic posterity and to African - American
cultural history will surely note that the film was not pre-screened
for critics in advance.
Also noteworthy, in the category of cinema ruled by
cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of
critics in their seats
for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.
The Focus Features release, which opened Christmas Day, was one of the year's last major entries to screen
for craft guilds and
critics» groups, giving it little time to court industry momentum and seep into the
cultural consciousness.
Extras: New audio commentary featuring jazz and film
critic Gary Giddins, music and
cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano; new introduction by Giddins; new interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein; four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of «King of Jazz»; deleted scenes and alternate opening - title sequence; «All Americans,» a 1929 short film featuring a version of the «Melting Pot» number that was restaged
for the finale of «King of Jazz»; «I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket,» a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra; two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from «King of Jazz.»
The heyday
for American film criticism was the»70s because I think the people that got into it at that point were really inspired by the likes of Andrew Sarris and Pauline Kael, both of whom became famous and established the importance of film
critics as a
cultural force.
In a lengthy new piece
for The Atlantic, prominent
cultural critic (and Black Panther scribe) Ta - Nehisi Coates digs into Barack Obama's presidential legacy as seen from the perspective of the Trump era.
No, it's not the latest «'' Hunger Games» movie or the sequel to «Thor,» but rather a showcase of philosopher and
cultural critic Slavoj Zizek talking at length about cinema
for over two hours.
For a medium that's treated like the redheaded stepchild of the film world, then, it is especially maddening for cultural critics to hold it to a higher standard of quality only when they feel like
For a medium that's treated like the redheaded stepchild of the film world, then, it is especially maddening
for cultural critics to hold it to a higher standard of quality only when they feel like
for cultural critics to hold it to a higher standard of quality only when they feel like it.
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence and aggression they face, and where they are «routinely second - guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied»
for speaking out.
Cultural critic Wesley Morris says George Michael's music video
for the song «Faith» was boundary - pushing.
These are the German auto industry's equivalents to Bilbao, intended to be destinations not just
for marque enthusiasts but also architecture fans and
cultural critics.
Through characters like Rosacoke Mustian, Wesley Beavers, Kate Vaiden and Blue Calhoun, Price introduced us to men and women — and
critics praised Price
for his deep understanding of women's nature — who, in some cases, were tentatively taking their first steps toward the secrets of adulthood, and in others were struggling to discover their freedom and identity in a world that would just as soon keep them imprisoned in narrow
cultural stereotypes.
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence and aggression they face, and where they are «routinely second - guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked, shamed, gaslit, insulted, bullied»
for speaking out.
He is the editor and creator of the videogames and architecture zine Heterotopias and
for the past 5 years he has worked as a games
critic, specialising in virtual architecture and games as
cultural objects.
Many gamers are angry because these
cultural critics are not merely calling
for greater creativity and diversity — they have declared war on gamer culture.
's deep storylines, humour, character interactions and
cultural references made it a hit with players and
critics alike; now given a suitable remastering
for the 21st Century, you'd be remiss to miss some afterlife action.
Kuspit is one of America's most distinguished art
critics with many accolades such as the Frank Jewett Mather Award
for Distinction in Art Criticism in 1983, the Tenth Annual Award
for Excellence in the Arts from the Newington - Cropsey Foundation in 2008 and in 2014 he was the first recipient of the Gabarron Foundation Award
for Cultural Thought.
The first prosecution
for destroying
cultural heritage at the ICC has led some
critics to ask if war crimes against people should come first
We discuss, among other topics, about photography in the Middle East with Peggy Sue Amison, artistic director at East Wing; net art and networked cultures with Josephine Bosma, Amsterdam - based journalist and
critic; urban digital art and criticality in the media city with curator and researcher Tanya Toft; art and technology with curator Chris Romero; the politics of surveillance and international security with political scientist David Barnard - Wills; art and architecture with Maaike Lauwaert, visual arts curator at Stroom, an independent centre
for art and architecture in the Netherlands; the intersections of art, law and science with curator and
cultural manager Daniela Silvestrin; the architecture of sacred places with curator Jumana Ghouth; the historical legacy of feminism today with Betty Tompkins and Marilyn Minter; hacktivism and net culture with curator and researcher Tatiana Bazzichelli; culture, place and memory with Norie Neumark, director of the Centre
for Creative Arts in Melbourne; anthropology and the tactical use of post-digital technologies with artist and philosopher Mitra Azar; or feminism and the digital arts with curator Tina Sauerländer.
For the past fifteen years, the Fine Arts»
Critic - in - Residence fellowship has invited outstanding
critics to give a public lecture and contribute to the
cultural life of the campus community.
Critics have dismissed the contest as a populist ploy to bring
cultural prestige to Grand Rapids (aka outer Siberia, as far as Chelsea insiders are concerned), and labeled the art produced
for the contest as mostly mediocre.
Questlove, producer, musician, designer, culinary entrepreneur, and New York Times best - selling author, was joined in conversation by Baratunde Thurston, futurist comedian, writer, and
cultural critic,
for «Pratt Presents Conversations on Creativity with Questlove: Creativity and...
A live performance will take place Saturday, June 28, 7 - 9:30 pm, and an artist talk with
cultural critic Erik Davis is scheduled
for Thursday, July 10, 7 pm.
2014 Ayelet Danielle Aldouby, Curator & Co-Founder, Artea Projects Harutyun Alpetyan, Independent Curator, Armenia Marco Antonini, Executive Director & Curator, NURTUREart Rocio Aranda - Alvarado, Curator, El Museo del Bario Karen Archey, Independent Curator &
Critic, NYC and Berlin Nova Benway, Assistant Curator, The Drawing Center Boshko Boskovic, Program Director, Residency Unlimited Marie Burns, Program Manager, apexart Ethan Cohen, President & CEO, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Irina Danilova, Independent Curator Eva Diaz,
Critic & Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art, Pratt Institute Erin Donnelly, Independent Curator & Programs Manager, Smack Mellon Juliana Driever, Independent Curator, Writer, and Educator Shlomit Dror, Independent Curator Jason Duval, Artist & Independent Curator Alessandro Facente, NARS Special Projects Curator Jane Farver, Independent Curator Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art, BRIC Arts Carter Foster, Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawing, Whitney Museum of American Art Anna Frost, Independent Curator, Berlin andCopenhagen Asya Geisberg, Owner & Director, Asya Geisberg Gallery Jessica Gildea, Programs Director, CUE Art Foundation Jan Hanvik, Executive Director, Clemete Soto Velez Cultrual Center Larissa Harris, Curator, Queens Museum Eric Heist, Founder & Director, Momenta Naomi Hersson - Ringskog, Executive Director, No Longer Empty Felicity Hogan, Artist, Independent Curator & Senior Program Officer, New York Foundation
for the Arts (NYFA) Learning Jin Young Hwang, Co-Founder, K&H Art Advisory Inc Tzu - chieh Jian, Independent Curator &
Critic, Taiwan Paddy Johnson, Founding Editor, Art Fag City Rhiannon Kubicka, Co - Owner / Co-Director, Blackston Gallery Omar Lopez - Chahoud, Independent Curator & Artistic Director, UNTITLED Stephen Maine, Artist,
Critic & Independent Curator Julie McKim, Director, Kunsthalle Galapagos John Moore, Independent Curator &
Critic Isabelle Normand, Independent Curator, Paris & Los Angeles Isin Önol, Independent Curator, Vienna Douglas Paulson, Residency Director, Flux Factory Vittoria Pavesi, Independent Curator, Italy Laurel Ptak, Director, Triangle Arts Association Sara Reisman, Director, Percent
for Art, NYC Department of
Cultural Affairs David A. Ross, Independent Curator & Chair, MFA Program in Art Practice, School of Visual Arts Cindy Rucker, Owner & Director, Cindy Rucker Gallery Sebastien Sanz Santamaria, Director of Operations, Residency Unlimited Krista Saunders, Curator & Co-Founder, Ground Floor Gallery Keith Schweitzer, Co - Founder / Director, The Lodge Gallery and Director of Public Art, Fourth Arts Block Bernard Schutze, Independent Curator &
Critic, Montreal Felipe Scovino, Independent Curator Eric Shiner, Director, Andy Warhol Museum Carolyn Sickles, Director of StudioLab, Abrons Arts Center Sarah Suco Tores, Independent Curator Yulia Tikhonova, Independent Curator Jodi Waynberg, Executive Director, Artists Alliance Inc..
As gossipy as it is reverent, Burr's proclivity
for sorting, cataloguing, and cross-referencing thematic subjects comprises what
critic and art historian George Baker's has succinctly described as the artist's «not - exactly - dialectical
cultural pairings» of appropriated imagery.
In a recent episode of his absorbing podcast, «Revisionist History,»
cultural critic Malcolm Gladwell interrogates a statue modeled after a news photograph of a confrontation in 1963 between a police officer with a dog and a young black boy in Birmingham, Alabama.1 Made by African American sculptor Dr. Ronald McDowell, The Foot Soldier (1995) is far more horrific than the photo, Gladwell convincingly argues, because it bears an added imaginative potency: the narrative is told by a traditionally silenced voice, and
for Gladwell this «is just what happens when the people on the bottom finally get the power to tell the story their way.»
More than 130 artists and
critics have signed a petition calling
for cultural institutions to close on Friday, Jan. 20, the day of President - elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration.
She is the recipient of a 2013 Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
for her forthcoming essay on the
cultural critic, Jill Johnston.
In his contribution to remixthebook, literary
critic Joe Tabbi's practice - based theory mashes up Nietzsche's «Use and Abuse of History
for Life» with selected works of new media writing and confronts us with the worth and worthlessness of digital
cultural production.
He had previously created Studio Marconi 17, a experimental laboratory
for young artists,
critics and
cultural workers.
Dick Hebdige, recentMitchell Center Visiting Scholar, is a
cultural critic who was invited to the campus
for a series of three multimedia lecture performances, including the riveting X Syndrome: Vertigo and Autobiography, an intensely «personal» narrative about an ascent into and out ofmadness.
Emerging from the dynamic arts program at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in the late 1980s, Gillick expanded into social sculpture,
cultural critique, and «Relational Aesthetics,» the
critic Nicolas Bourriaud's term
for art within a context of relationships.
More than 130 artists and
critics including Cindy Sherman, Richard Serra, Joan Jonas, Barbara Kruger, Trevor Paglen, and Julie Mehretu have signed a petition calling
for cultural institutions to close on the day of President - elect Donald J. Trump's inauguration, Friday, January 20.
She has also served as an independent curator and as an art
critic for ABC
Cultural.
Mr. Wilson's provocative and emotionally charged re-imaging of the historical society's collection of Maryland artworks and artifacts drew nationwide attention from
critics and curators and put Baltimore on the map as a destination
for cutting - edge
cultural tourism.
Described by The New York Times
critic Holland Cotter as one of «the half - dozen most important people
for art in downtown Manhattan in the 1970s,» Wilson remains what curator Peter Dykhuis calls a «creative presence as an arts administrator and
cultural operative.»
The
critic's nationalistic desire
for an aesthetic attributed to the United States must simply accept that non-white
cultural production can be authentically American too.
Eva Wittocx (Curator of Museum M, Leuven and frequent contributor to art publications such as Flash Art) Martin Germann (Senior curator at S.M.A.K, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, and regular contributor to exhibition catalogues and magazines) Nav Haq (Belgian - based exhibitions curator at Museum of Contemporary Art, M HKA, Antwerp; curatorial advisor
for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Iberia Art Center in Beijing; contributor to Art Review, Bidoun, Frieze, and Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art; winner of ICI's 2012 Independent Vision Curatorial Award) Piet Coessens (Director of Raveelmuseum in Machelen - aan - de-Leie) Sophie Lauwers (Deputy Director of Exhibitions at BOZAR, writer) Joel Benzakin (Independent curator who worked on the Belgian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale, with BOZAR and renowned galleries) Luk Lambrecht (Director and curator of visual arts and dance at Strombeek
Cultural Center and art
critic for Knack Weekend, De Morgen, Knack, and Flash Art)
The hectic state of the international art market, and the huge sums paid - such as the recent record price
for Picasso's Boy with a Pipe - was lambasted last night as «a
cultural obscenity» by the
critic Robert Hughes.
William L. Fox, director of the Center
for Art + Environment, has been called an art
critic, science writer, and
cultural geographer.
We will draw upon the views of contemporary
critics, novelists and artists, and discuss the notion of
cultural relativity and the modern artist's affinity
for so - called «primitive» art.
He is an independent lecturer, curator, and art
critic, and a visual - arts consultant
for Cultures France, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs»
cultural branch.