The fabricated crisis of art criticism

Tuesday 20th May, 2025 - Bruce Sterling

https://hyperallergic.com/1012944/the-fabricated-crisis-of-art-criticism/\

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“The real problem with art criticism today is the profusion of bad-faith actors, useful idiots, vapid scenesters, pitiful star-fuckers, press-release recyclers, dull theorists, hopeless graphomaniacs, paid influencers, cheap provocateurs, and apolitical, nihilist hacks.

“But even the abundance of those in our field is a sign of a thriving ecosystem. Every forest has its predators, parasites, and dead weeds….” etc etc