Why Art Criticism? A Reader

Why Art Criticism? A ReaderHow is art criticism to be understood within an expanding artistic field? A look at its history and its manifestations within globalized conditions shows the variety of the genre, of the criteria and of the styles of writing. This reader is an attempt to bring a diverse range of art critical voices and perspectives into conversation with each other, with texts from the 18th century to the present. Texts by: Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, Denis Diderot,

“My Country

Care: Wipe clean with a damp cloth

Comes boxed

Desert River Sea: Portraits of the Kimberley is the highly anticipated culmination of the Art Gallery of WA's six-year Kimberley visual arts project

whose father passed away here

This ball-shaped ceramic vase is hand-turned in white fire-clay and features engraved abstract motifs sealed beneath a vivid blue crystalline glaze

this book invites all readers familiar with Van Gogh to challenge long-accepted ideas about the man and his work

Published by Yok & Sheryo and The Art Gallery of Western Australia

SUPERGLOSS

Australian adaptor included

During ancestral times

on the western side of Wilkinkarra (Lake Mckay)