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By Andrew Russeth 8/30/12 12:49pm

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Hirst at his Tate Modern retrospective this year. (Courtesy Getty Images)

11 Opinions About Damien Hirst

In today’s Guardian, critic Jonathan Jones called Damien Hirst “a national disgrace, a living example that talent is nothing and money is king.” That brutal putdown is only the latest in a long line of attacks from art critics, particularly in the British press, that Mr. Hirst has endured over his long career. In honor of this latest sally, let’s take a look back at some of the provocative opinions—positive and negative—that have been offered about the artist over the years. Read More

By Maika Pollack 6/22/12 10:00am

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"À Rebours" at Venus Over Manhattan

Signs of the Times: Why Are Contemporary Art Dealers Looking to Fin-de-Siècle France?

Over the past year, a remarkable number of exhibitions at contemporary art galleries have paired new art with fin-de-siècle French painting. Among them were Algus Greenspon’s wonderfully eccentric hang of Odilon Redon and Dan Colen, Julia Margaret Cameron and Kai Altoff in “Invitation to the Voyage” last fall, Andrew Kreps’s smart take on Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard in January’s “Interiors,” the kitschy, Playboy-sponsored “Giverny” by E.V. Day and Kembra Pfahler at the Hole, and “À Rebours,” the Symbolist-macho premiere of Observer contributor Adam Lindemann’s new Venus on Manhattan gallery. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 2/07/12 1:00pm

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An installation view of Klara Liden's show at Reena Spaulings, "Pretty Vacant." (Andrew Russeth)

Critic Roundup: ‘Aesthetics of Decline,’ Loving Lidén, Remaking Goldstein Sculptures

Below, a few picks from recent writing.

Christian Viveros-Fauné takes a look at three artists interested in an “aesthetics of decline—a gathering movement that features artists and other creators shedding the mode of bling for blight”: Joyce Pensato (whose show my colleague Will Heinrich reviewed last week), Marianne Vitalle (profiled here by Michael H. Miller) and Rashid Johnson (also profiled by Mr. Miller). [VV] Read More