Round Table: The Present Conditions of Art Criticism

In conversation, Baker, Krauss, Buchloh, Fraser, Joselit, Meyer, Storr, Foster, Miller, and Molesworth explore the present state and possible future direction of art criticism, with reference to the role of writing in journals and exhibition catalogues; attitudes towards criticism; the relationship between criticism and the art market; the part played by academia; the notion of popular criticism; the treatment of criticism as an issue by artists; the question of criticism as a skill; new generation critics; the relationship between critics and museums; the influence of criticism on an artist's work; the collaboration between artists and critics; the difference between art writing and criticism, with reference to artists' writings; the definition and role of criticism; the move from criticism to teaching; criticism as a form of literature; the place of journals such as Artforum; the establishment of October in relation to the influence of the market; and the application of criticism to visual culture. They make reference to artists and critics including Paul de Man, Dave Hickey, Joseph Kosuth, Rachel Harrison, Marcel Duchamp, Miller, Donald Judd, Lucy Lippard, Brian Wallis, Martha Rosler, Louise Lawler, Julian Schnabel, Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Christian Philipp Müller, and Gerhard Richter.