What we are talking about when talking art

Welcome to the Visionssalon, an art critic salon and debate about how art criticism contributes to the conversation about the importance of art. Based on the thesis that art criticism is an essential part of the artworld’s food chain, the question is asked – can criticism help raise the art level?

How is art seen, dealt with, and evaluated? What has art criticism been concerned with in recent years? And do the arts get the criticism they deserve? What happens to public debate about art in the new media reality?

The debate rages between critics and artists, because art criticism is currently challenged in Denmark, in the Danish-language media world, and in the public debate. The major media houses – including the web publications – have cut down on art and culture reporting and academic critiques. Why?

The Art Critic Visions salon wishes to discuss the importance of art criticism from artistic, technological, educational, social, and international perspectives. Does art criticism reflect a particular view of art, a special way of perceiving and reading it? Can we stimulate the level of criticism in Denmark?

In a meeting between Danish and international critics, the salon wants to find out how art criticism has an impact on how society views art.

Moderator:
Nete Nørgaard Kristensen – Associate Professor at the Department of Media, Recognition and Communication, KU. Researcher in cultural journalism and criticism. The editor and author of the books “Cultural journalism and Cultural Critique in the media” and “Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries” and the leader of the research project “From Ivory Tower to Twitter: Rethinking the Cultural Critic in Contemporary Media Culture”.

Panel:
Sophie Diesselhorst, editor Nachtkritik.de Germany. Nachtkritik.de is Germany’s leading online media for theater criticism.
Steven Zultanski, Writer, critic, and arts administrator from N.Y, now living in Denmark. artswriters.org
Line Rosenvinge – Art historian, Art blogger at Børsen and chairman of newly founded United Critics, which gathers Denmark’s professional writers and represents all art forms. forenedekritikere.wordpress.com
Mikkel Carl, artist, freelance curator and writer
Lasse Marker, Partner in the consultant agency Rasmussen & Marker, Lasse Marker, author of several books about Cultural Journalism, – politics and communication

Place: Apollobar Katina – entrance on the left of Charlottenborgs Ticketsale. Registration required (Registration fee 10 kr). Sign up here

NB! The debate will be in english.

Partners: Kunsthal Charlottenborg and Apollo bar.