art criticism
New show at GRAM succeeds in honoring women's work, ordinary objects
by (Holly)
Submitted 06-02-2016 under OPINION
There are too many details to share about Maureen Nollette's new show at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), "Honorable Ordinaries." How do I explain this newest in the GRAM's "Michigan Artists Series?" I could tell you...
Why we need to admit Hometown Hero is sentimental pandering, not art
by (Marjorie Steele)
Submitted 10-09-2015 under OPINION
ArtPrize goers, creators and critics: we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Earlier this week, I watched three well established, well respected art curators trip over themselves to avoid saying what they really thought about one...
UICA shows us how to take art collecting to the next level
by (RickBeerhorst)
Submitted 04-13-2015 under LOCAL LIFE
The current show at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art (UICA) with the poetic title of "Power Objects: The Future Has a Primitive Heart" provides us with a wonderful example of what it means to build an art collection with a singular vision....
Portrait: Artists deal with self, identity, culture at Free Radical 2014
by (dinderbeck)
Submitted 11-24-2014 under OPINION
Throughout art history we have seen the common theme of the self-portrait. Whether Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Avadon, Picasso, Warhol or Ai Weiwei, these images have become an important vehicle for artists to explore. These works allow artists to take a...
Public responds to second night of "Why These Finalists" discussion
by (GRTV)
Submitted 10-08-2014 under NONPROFITS
Tuesday night's Critical Discourse panel- Nicole Caruth, Digital Content Editor forART21, Mia Lopez, Curatorial Fellow at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Paddy Johnson, founding editor of Art F City- analyzed...
Why time based art takes time: Categorical distinctions of criteria for ArtPrize 2014
by (Micah Silver)
Submitted 10-03-2014 under OPINION
We talk about activities as if some of them take time and others don’t, yet we know that we experience everything as having a duration, whether we savor and put it to memory or not. Whether we are dreaming and time is of a different form,...
ArtPrize partners with ART21 for increase in robust programming, critique
by (Elizabeth Roger...)
Submitted 09-30-2014 under LOCAL LIFE
ArtPrize is partnering with ART21, a nonprofit organization which uses digital media to introduce millions of people to contemporary art and artists. ART21 has produced a Peabody Award-winning biennial television series, "Art in the Twenty-...
Technique is not enough: Where Jerry Saltz and I agree on how to experience art
by (NicoleGR)
Submitted 10-02-2013 under OPINION
I'll start off by admitting that I know next to nothing about art. Sure, I took an art history class a few years ago but I remember next to nothing from that. So when I look at a piece of art, I naturally will look at it differently than what an...
Art Critic Tyler Green navigates ArtPrize
by (tfox)
Submitted 10-01-2012 under OPINION
I had the good fortune to act as an assistant juror to Tyler Green, the juror for two-dimensional works in ArtPrize. Green has a background in journalism, and an unmistakable commitment to art. In addition to commentary on the ArtPrize works under...
"Critical Reality: Why Is Arts Criticism Important?" Wrap-up
by (Arts Council GR)
Submitted 04-05-2011 under NONPROFITS
When the Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids, Artpeers, and Avenue for the Arts partnered up to sponsor a panel discussion about the role of arts criticism in Grand Rapids, we titled it “Critical Reality: Why Is Arts Criticism Important?...