Care & Criticism : An Art Writing Panel

Claire Voon & Barbara Calderón moderated by Kerry Cardoza

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Time: 6:30 - 7:45 PM CT / 7:30 - 8:45 PM ET

Zoom Registration Link: bit.ly/3y4DUSW

Cease celebratory write ups and myopic narratives; Refute YT copy editing practices and style guides; Art writing is patronage -matronage.

Join art critics, editors, and journalists Claire Voon, Barbara Calderón, and Kerry Cardoza in conversation about the responsibility of art criticism, how to navigate art publishing, and how to approach art writing with care. From critiquing macro and micro publishing practices to encouraging more art writers in the field, join us in conversation with a Q&A at the end of the panel. This panel is the second and last public program for the Muña Art Writing 2022 Program.

• Free public panel

• Closed captioning available

• Talk will be recorded and posted online

  Reading Materials

  ● Art Historian Darby English on Why the New Black Renaissance Might Actually Represent a Step Backwards, Folasade Ologundudu, Artnet News, 2021 [Link]

  ● Taylor Renee Aldridge : Criticism as Patronage, Taylor Renee Aldridge, 3RDSPACE, 2019 [Link]

  ● Catch a Rising Star at the Auction House, Jason Farago, The New York Times 2022 [Link] ● Not All Skin Folk Are Kin Folk: Why No Criticism for Virgil Abloh’s First Solo Show?, Rashayla Marie Brown, The Seen, 2019 [Link]

  ● The Freedom to Oppress, Eunsong Kim and Maya Mackrandilal, Contemptorary, 2016 [Link]

  ● There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You: Brandon Taylor on the Importance of Empathy As Craft, Brandon Taylor, Lithub, 2016 [Link]

  ● White Skin, Black Masks, Aurella Yussu, Arts.Black, 2018 [Link]

  ● How to Use (or Not Use) a Hyphen, Plus: a brief digression into why The New Yorker hyphenates “teen-ager.”, Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 2022 [Link]