Arts Writers - Resources

A Desk Job  - A Desk Job: Criticism is the chance to start a conversation about things that matter. By Robert Storr. Frieze Magazine, Issue 100 (June-August 2006).

Contemporary Art, Uncovered  - A survey of major newspapers and weekly magazines suggests that visual art is steadily losing ground in the popular press, even as its audiences - and market - grows exponentially. by Peter Plagens Art In America (Feb 2007).

Critical Mess, Art Critics on the State of their Practice  - Edited by Raphael Rubinstein. Hardpress Editions, 2006

Critical Timing  - Writing reviews is a complex business. By Tom Morton. Frieze Online (14/3/2007).

Empathy and Criticality   - [Podcast]. Frieze Online.

Prelude: Roberta Smith  - Interview with New York Times Art Critic Roberta Smith, by Gilbert Vicario. Art Lies Issue Fall 2007.

The New Grass Roots  - In which five bloggers, based in Seattle, Philadelphia, Portland, Washington, D.C., and New York, provide an inside look at the growing presence of art writing online. By Peter Plagens, with Regina Hacket, Tyler Green, Jeff Jahn, Roberta Fallon & Libby Rosof, and Edward Winkleman. Art in America (Nov. 2007).

What Happened to Art Criticism?  - Edited by James Elkins. Prickly Paradigm Press, 2003.

Write On  - For the 100th issue of frieze we celebrate the pleasure and pain of criticism. By Dan Fox, Jörg Heiser, Jennifer Higgie and James Trainor. Frieze Magazine, Issue 100 (June-August 2006).

Writing Survey  - What writing has most influenced the way you think about art?' Writers, artists and curators reveal the often surprising literary influences- from Theodor Adorno to Lester Bangs, Gertrude Stein and P.G. Wodehouse- that have shaped their thinking. Frieze Online (14/5/2006).