Tag Archive for Art Criticism

Symposium | Impresario: Paul Taylor - Art & Text - POPISM

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Impresario: Paul Taylor | Art & Text | POPISM Paul Taylor (1957-1992) was the founding editor and publisher of the internationally renowned art journal Art & Text. He was also an influential critic and curator who had a dynamic impact on the discourse and practice of visual arts. This symposium celebrates and reflects upon his life and achievements. It explores Taylor’s legacy and example by investigating his impact and enduring influence on Australian visual culture through the many aspects of his work: as a publisher, curator and critic, and advocate of post-structuralist…

Panel Discussion: Critical Failure - Visual Arts Criticism

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The Wheeler Centre Panel Discussion Critical Failure - Visual Arts Critcism Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but criticism lies in the pens and hard drives of our finest minds. This panel discussion draws on some of our leading arts writers as they ask what’s wrong with visual arts reviewing? 6:15PM - 7:30PM, Thursday 09 September 2020 The Panel members will be: John McDonald - For over twenty years he has been one of Australia’s best-known art critics, writing a weekly column for the Sydney Morning Herald,…