criticism
The Arts Fuse welcomes a new character to its extended universe. Deanna Marie Costa, an editor and critic at the magazine.
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Demanding that people pay attention to quality is about as audacious a demand you can take in our giddy culture.
Read MoreThe hope is that nobody will notice that arts criticism hasn’t been invited to the Pulitzer Prize’s centennial party.
Read MoreA.O. Scott’s hurrah for criticism should be savored by anyone interested in how we articulate the value of the arts.
Read MoreThese pieces could have been written yesterday, which speaks volumes about the eternal recurrence of the moronic inferno of the political.
Read MoreTony Judt is an American treasure, in time he may prove as great to our country as George Orwell and Albert Camus are to theirs.
Read MoreThose who care about the future of American arts and culture should financially support this magazine and other valiant efforts to articulate the significance of the arts.
Read More“Criticism will always have the force of the child in the story about the emperor’s new clothes, because there will always be naked emperors who everybody says are wearing today’s Crown Jewels.” — Eric Bentley
Read MoreCriticism is vital to our time because it is a form of witnessing, testimony to the possibility that the richness and joy of the arts can be articulated in ways that invite intellectual contentiousness in the midst of community.
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Commentary/Interview: “Du Bois’s Telegram” — Restricting Literary Resistance
Is there a disconnect between artists and meaningful resistance movements?
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