Art Criticism Today and Hopefully Also Tomorrow

Art Criticism Today and Hopefully Also Tomorrow

by Chicago Artist Writers Chicago Artist Writers hosted a workshop with Lori Waxman at Gallery 400 on March 14, 2013. The following is an attempt to collect some of the many illuminating moments of her two-hour lecture and Q&A session. “Today I’m going to talk...
Francis Bacon, Fried

Francis Bacon, Fried

Looks like Francis Bacon is getting singed by the art press. The recently-opened Francis Bacon retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has critics seriously reconsidering this painter’s legacy. Some excerpts, and links: Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine:...