The Romance of Writing Art Criticism

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This essay is for Hakim Bishara

Recently various commentators, myself amongst them, have pointed to the present crisis of art criticism. Some older publications have been rebooted or even closed, and there is general awareness of the severe financial problems facing writers. Thanks to gentrification, the traditional role of the independent intellectual has become increasingly difficult. And, given the problems faced also by our academic institutions, especially in the humanities...