Criticism

In ‘All That Beauty’, it’s not a matter of seeing better, or more clearly; it’s a matter of seeing more widely and wildly

‘He created rhythmic patterns that sounded, in your mind or on his voice, both adamantine and feline at once’

Found first in the pages of NME, an homage to the critic who brought an antic traduction of high French theory to the study of contemporary pop

From high-end kitchens to backyard pit smokers, the esteemed food writer found art and artistry in ‘the fault lines’ between communities

From Anthony Burgess being bitchy to a primer for Xenofeminism: what to read this weekend

Douglas Crimp's new memoir charts his life in the galleries and gay bars of 1970s New York

On Hal Foster's Bad New Days: Art Critcism Emergency

For the 100th issue of frieze the editors celebrate the pleasure and pain of criticism 

The state of literary criticism today