Art Theory and Modern Criticism Sites?
February 17, 2008 2:22 PM Subscribe
Can anyone recommend an excellent art theory and modern criticism site?
I'm looking for (as is often stated) the metafilter equivalent of a community or two whose primary focus is art- specifically art history, cultural theory, and art criticism. Ideally I'm hoping to find a community full of lively art related discussions, and one that assumes some degree of prior familiarity with art history and social/political/cultural movements.
In other words, I am not looking for a "how to" site or a site that is primarily for sharing, promoting, and and critiquing one's own artwork. For example, I really enjoy the Painters NYC blog but am hoping to discover additional sites that are less local and updated more frequently.
A quick search of Askme and did not pull up a similar question, although that doesn't mean there isn't one here already. If so, I apologize and would appreciate a link to the previous answers.
I'm looking for (as is often stated) the metafilter equivalent of a community or two whose primary focus is art- specifically art history, cultural theory, and art criticism. Ideally I'm hoping to find a community full of lively art related discussions, and one that assumes some degree of prior familiarity with art history and social/political/cultural movements.
In other words, I am not looking for a "how to" site or a site that is primarily for sharing, promoting, and and critiquing one's own artwork. For example, I really enjoy the Painters NYC blog but am hoping to discover additional sites that are less local and updated more frequently.
A quick search of Askme and did not pull up a similar question, although that doesn't mean there isn't one here already. If so, I apologize and would appreciate a link to the previous answers.
Response by poster: thanks lxs,
the Art History Newsletter site looks promising.
aldaily.com is a great grazing place, akin to being able to read Harpers in a free and expanded form.
posted by stagewhisper at 8:17 PM on February 17, 2008
the Art History Newsletter site looks promising.
aldaily.com is a great grazing place, akin to being able to read Harpers in a free and expanded form.
posted by stagewhisper at 8:17 PM on February 17, 2008
try browsing through the linked sites here.
(hey, he links to jessamyn's, languagehat's and peacay's blogs, so you know it's gotta be good!)
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:51 PM on February 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
(hey, he links to jessamyn's, languagehat's and peacay's blogs, so you know it's gotta be good!)
posted by UbuRoivas at 9:51 PM on February 17, 2008 [1 favorite]
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The Art History Newsletter is probably the best I've seen, although it sounds like it may be a little more professionally oriented than what you're looking for.
A friend of mine reads Arts and Letters Daily a lot, although I haven't read it enough myself to testify to its being worthwhile.
Of course these are blogs more than communities, but I haven't seen anything with that much interactivity, to be honest.
posted by lxs at 5:18 PM on February 17, 2008 [1 favorite]