Art Criticism Now Symposium

The Nottingham Institute for Research in Visual Culture presents a the Art Criticism Now symposium 

What do we expect of criticism?

Who is it for? Who writes it? Where is it published? Are there examples from the past which suggest how criticism should or should not engage with art and artists? This one-day conference looks at aspects of these questions, with a view to understanding how contemporary criticism relates to its past.

Speakers

Michael Archer (Goldsmith’s College)

Patricia Bickers (Art Monthly)

Matthew Bowman (University of Essex) on Art Criticism in the Contracted Field

Joanna Melvin (University of the Arts London)

Stephen Parnell (Architecture, The University of Nottingham) on Criticism in AD [Architectural Design]

Full conference programme