UNIT 3 The Role of an Art Critic

Art criticism can take many forms and writing styles: Scholars interpreting artworks for journals, Journalists reviewing an art gallery exhibition for the weekly addition of the newspaper or simply artists responding to each others artworks. However the role itself isn't as simple as it seems, after all anyone can voice their ideas on the latest art movement but it takes an art critic to write up their interpretations confidently and honestly in order to record the ever changing art world for others to read. Art critics have a reputation of being overly harsh due the negative connotations of "criticism" however in my opinion their clever and skilful input allows us, as readers, to look at a piece of artwork and discover the underlying intentions of the artist and consider different perspectives.