AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA's magazine represents a selection of new and historical criticism by, about, and for art writers. Proposals for submissions are accepted at info@aicausa.org.
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The Art Critic Fellowship is an art writing intensive program launched in 2025. Over eight weeks, fellows engaged in four lectures led by award-winning editors and writers to discuss the joys and concerns of writing and editing art criticism today, and met one-on-one with their assigned mentors to develop a piece of criticism for publication on AICA-USA’s Magazine.
Every Day is a House Party: the Grief and Joy of Parenthood in Heather Owen’s Art by Amy Kennedy
But Still—The River by Kit Xiong
Carrying Grief and Love at the Same Time with Artist vanessa german by Emily Alesandrini
Dreaming While Awake: Cannupa Hanska Luger’s Sovereign by May Howard
Lines on Concrete: Najja Moon at Tunnel Projects by Francess Archer Dunbar
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The Art Writing Workshop is a partnership between The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and AICA-USA. This program pairs ten emerging art writers with eminent voices in the field, facilitating deep critical engagement with art in regions across the US. 2020 Art Writing Workshop participants were invited to contribute a piece of writing that emerged from their work in the program for publication with AICA-USA's online magazine.
Floral Facades by Kayla Anderson
Marvelous Survival: 20 Years of SITAC by Kimberlee Córdova
On Rage and Silenceby Charlene K. Lau
2020-2021: Art Amidst Chaos by Rehema C. Barber
In Praise of Meandering by Eva Recinos
Interviews with Art Writers on Writing Art by Danni Shen
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Art Critics on Emergencyis a real-time collective diary by AICA-USA members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on art critics, artists, arts institutions, art education, and the arts at large. AICA-USA members are invited to submit journalistic reflections and critical observations about this moment as it unfolds.
#1 - Cooking in a Time of Plague by J. Patrice Marandel
#2 - Thoughts in and on Quarantine by Janina Ciezadlo
#3 - Corona Time in SoHo by Ilka Scobie
#4 - Bette Alexander by David Berger
#5 - Thoughts on Doom by Eleanor Heartney
#6 - The Virtual Critic: A Thought Experiment by Franklin Einspruch
#7 - Feast & Fast for neither the Fittest nor the Fattest but a Frugal Futuristby Q aka Kyo Lee
#8 - Reflections From Laguna Beachby Liz Goldner
#9 - The Day the World StoppedBy Gail Gelburd
#10 - Art and Impermanence: An Interview with Jessica Dessner by Paul Maziar
#11 - Missing Museums by Tom L. Freudenheim
#12 - On Viewing Rooms: Displaying Pictures Void of Contexts, Absent Deliberation By Sue Spaid
#13 - Videodeath: Powderhorn Explodes The Image World by Terry Smith
#14- An Interview with Julia Schwartz By Paul Maziar
Public Relations
Felix Gonzalez-Torres in Milwaukee
By Luke Urbain
Luke Urbain takes stock of the legacy of Félix González-Torres and the malleability of context as artists, writers, and institutions confront a culture of censorship, returning to Torres's own words for a potential path forward.