AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA's magazine represents a selection of new and historical criticism by, about, and for art writers. Proposals for submissions are accepted at info@aicausa.org.
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The Art Writing Workshop is a partnership between The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and AICA-USA. This program pairs ten emerging art writers with eminent voices in the field, facilitating deep critical engagement with art in regions across the US. 2020 Art Writing Workshop participants were invited to contribute a piece of writing that emerged from their work in the program for publication with AICA-USA's online magazine.
Floral Facades by Kayla Anderson
Marvelous Survival: 20 Years of SITAC by Kimberlee Córdova
On Rage and Silenceby Charlene K. Lau
2020-2021: Art Amidst Chaos by Rehema C. Barber
In Praise of Meandering by Eva Recinos
Interviews with Art Writers on Writing Art by Danni Shen
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Art Critics on Emergencyis a real-time collective diary by AICA-USA members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on art critics, artists, arts institutions, art education, and the arts at large. AICA-USA members are invited to submit journalistic reflections and critical observations about this moment as it unfolds.
#1 - Cooking in a Time of Plague by J. Patrice Marandel
#2 - Thoughts in and on Quarantine by Janina Ciezadlo
#3 - Corona Time in SoHo by Ilka Scobie
#4 - Bette Alexander by David Berger
#5 - Thoughts on Doomby Eleanor Heartney
#6 - The Virtual Critic: A Thought Experiment by Franklin Einspruch
#7 - Feast & Fast for neither the Fittest nor the Fattest but a Frugal Futurist by Q aka Kyo Lee
#8 - Reflections From Laguna Beach by Liz Goldner
#9 - The Day the World Stopped By Gail Gelburd
#10 - Art and Impermanence: An Interview with Jessica Dessner by Paul Maziar
#11 - Missing Museums by Tom L. Freudenheim
#12 - On Viewing Rooms: Displaying Pictures Void of Contexts, Absent Deliberation By Sue Spaid
#13 - Videodeath: Powderhorn Explodes The Image World by Terry Smith
#14- An Interview with Julia Schwartz By Paul Maziar
Cooking in a Time of Plague
By J. Patrice Marandel
Art Critics on Emergency #1
J. Patrice Marandel shares reflections as part of the Art Critics on Emergency diary series.
Towards a Critical Insurgency
By Will Fenstermaker
On the question of a crisis in the field of art criticism
When the Water Falls
By Barbara O'Brien
AICA-USA member Barbara O'Brien on an exhibition of new paintings by the German painter Susanne Kühn.
AICA Denounces Growing Threats to Free Expression
By Noah Dillon
AICA-USA board member details instances of censorship in the United States and abroad.
The Birth of an Art Review
By Ron Scott Teachworth
AICA-USA member Ron Scott Teachworth chronicles the development of his Detroit-based online art criticism publication.
The Necessity of Criticism
By Linda Nochlin
In 1983 AICA-USA (then called the AICA American Section) hosted a two-day national conference titled American Criticism Now. Linda Nochlin was invited to present the convocation address at the Guggenheim Museum Auditorium. Her remarks are published for the first time here.
Linda Nochlin, My Teacher
By Aruna D'Souza
Aruna D'Souza's remarks remembering Linda Nochlin, her teacher, that was delivered at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Irving Sandler: Points of View
By Karen Wilkin
A reflection on Irving Sandler's legacy and the exhibition, Irving Sandler: Points of View, at the Neugerger Museum of Art.
Introduction | Eye of the Sixties
By Judith Stein
An excerpt from Eye of the Sixties, Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art by AICA-USA co-president Judith Stein, published in 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.