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By Andrew Russeth 5/20 1:31pm

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Henry McBride, who was an art critic for The New York Sun in the 1920s, in a painting by Florine Stettheimer. (Courtesy Smith College)

There Are Fewer Than 10 Full-Time Art Critics in the U.S. [Updated]

Since it’s a pretty nice day out, I figured it might be an okay time to share some fairly depressing news, which you may have just read in the headline above: there are now less than 10 full-time art critics working at newspapers and magazines in the United States. This comes to us via Deborah Solomon on her recent WNYC appearance. (It seems that Chicago’s edition of Time Out laid off its art critic last month.) At least we can all celebrate that the majority of the survivors work in New York. Read More

By Dan Duray 11/26/12 3:41pm

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The Richter record-setter. (Courtesy Getty Images)

Jerry Saltz Buys a Fake Richter

If you’re a dedicated reader of Jerry Saltz’s column in New York magazine, or his Facebook page, you know that the art critic takes issue with the ever-increasing prices seen at auction houses these days and has put out a call to talented forgers to make recreations of works by some of his favorite artists. Read More

By Rozalia Jovanovic 5/09/12 4:00pm

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(Courtesy Vice)

‘Vice’ Columnist Learns to ‘Get’ Art

The Vice columnist “Glen Coco”  just penned a piece “Ok, Do It: Teach Me How to ‘Get’ Art,” in which the self-professed art-know-nothing enlists the help of one Alex, a student at the Courtauld Institute of Art to help him “get” art. This follow-up to two earlier pieces, “I Don’t “Get” Art,” and “I Still Don’t Get Art,” makes a blatantly insincere effort, à la Morley Safer in his recent 60 Minutes segment, to understand art. Read More