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Digital Critics: The Early History of Online Art Criticism

  • Charlotte FROST*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

Abstract

Art critic Jerry Saltz is regarded as a pioneer of online art criticism by the mainstream press, yet the Internet has been used as a platform for art discussion for over 30 years. There have been studies of independent print-based arts publishing, online art production and electronic literature, but there have been no histories of online art criticism. In this article, the author provides an account of the first wave of online art criticism (1980–1995) to document this history and prepare the way for thorough evaluations of the changing form of art criticism after the Internet.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-43
JournalLeonardo
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2019

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