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Critics Pick Their Top Critics of the Year

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By Michael Bracewell, Diedrich Diederichsen, Robert Enright, Natilee Harren, Christy Lange, Mateus Nunes, Jonathan Odden, Nancy Princenthal, Harmon Siegel, Jessica Simmons-Reid, Anuradha Vikram, Jenny Wu
| Artforum Verified
Richard Neer, Painting as a Way of Life: Philosophy and Practice in French Art, 1620–1660 (University of Chicago Press) Where do we go from here, when it feels as if truth itself is receding out of reach? Thanks to Richard Neer, I now see our collective condition in Nicolas Poussin’s 1658 depiction of the blinded giant Orion seeking the healing rays of the sun to restore his sight.
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Scott Burton’s Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer

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By Nancy Princenthal
| Our Community Now
Share Stylish and sharp-witted, Scott Burton’s sculptures of the 1980s doubled as chairs, benches or tables. When they appeared in urban plazas, college campuses and corporate lobbies, they messed with conventions for public art, provokingly and delightfully. A fresh wind blew in stale places.
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Scott Burton's Civic Engagement and Eroticism Merge at the Pulitzer Original

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By Nancy Princenthal
| The New York Times Verified
Paradigm-shifter for public art in the '80s, groundbreaking (and openly queer) performance artist in the '70s, Burton showed new ways of connecting. Stylish and sharp-witted, Scott Burton's sculptures of the 1980s doubled as chairs, benches or tables. When they appeared in urban plazas, college campuses and corporate lobbies, they messed with conventions for public art, provokingly and delightfully. A fresh wind blew in stale places.
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