by Ann Landi | Apr 30, 2017 | Features
How Critics and Curators Respond to Memorable Works of Art In a recent issue of The New Yorker, actress Allison Janney reported of her first encounter with Wassily Kandinsky’s Black Lines (1913) in the Guggenheim Museum: “I felt an energy go through my chest.” I...
by Ann Landi | Apr 30, 2017 | Features
Even the Most Respected Critics Change Their Minds When a politician flip-flops on a position, the public and press alike are quick to cry foul, hurling accusations of bad faith or pandering. But when an art critic changes his or her mind, the ripple effect is likely...
by Ann Landi | Jan 14, 2016 | Features
Artist and Critics: Part 4 Feuds and Flaps and How Do I Get Noticed? There was a time, not so long ago, when physical assaults were almost a routine art-world ritual, between artists and critics, artists and artists, and occasionally even critics and critics. The...
by Ann Landi | Dec 22, 2015 | Features
Artists & Critics: Part Three The Critics Speak When I first started working on staff at ARTnews, a little more than 20 years ago, I was on the brink of a divorce after several years of freelancing and corporate wifedom (at which I was not very good). The magazine...
