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Forum Moderna

The Swedish Art Critics Association and the Moderna Museet welcome you to take part in
a one-day seminar on art critique:

Pressures on art criticism: Perspectives on relations with the market, friendships and
ideological positions. What is an independent art critic today?

Today, few critics are employed full-time in media in general. It is quite common that critics
also work part-time as for example teachers, curators or researchers. Does this undermine the
credibility of the critic, or does it on the contrary open up for new approaches?

A change is also evident in mass media, where complex argumentation is replaced with
popular and simplified conclusions. To what extent is the content of today’s criticism
influenced by editorial politics? Is it at all possible to conduct sophisticated art criticism in
mass media, or does it have to be dependent on specialized media?

The seminar will take place on September 11 2004 in the Moderna Museet auditorium.

Programme:

10.00		Lars Nittve, Director of the Moderna Museet, and Christian Chambert, President of Swedish Art Critics Association, open the seminar
10.30		Sabine Vogel, Editor for Literature, Berliner Zeitung, “At Your Service”
11.30		Janneke Wesseling, Art Critic, NRC Handelsblad, Amsterdam, “Art Criticism in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 21st century. A personal observation.”
12.30		Lunch is served in the Workshop
13.45		Carlos Capelán, artist and Ann-Sofi Noring, Moderna Museet, ”What does the artist have to say about art criticism?” – in connection with Carlos Capelán’s exhibition ”Ceci n’est pas un video”
14.15		Panel discussion Moderator: John Peter Nilsson, Vice President of the Swedish Art Critics Association Panel: Mårten Arndtzén, Critic, Expressen, Lars O. Ericsson, Critic, Dagens Nyheter, Ronald Jones, Freelance Critic and Professor at Konstfack, Sabine Vogel and Janneke Wesseling
14.45		Coffee
15.15		The panel discussion continues
16.30		The seminar closes

N.B. The seminar will be held in English

To book, call 08-5195 5264 or use the museum’s website, www.modernamuseet.se no later
than 10.9!

Cost: 75 SEK, including lunch and coffee

Art critics and art writers debate
Sophie Allgårdh, Power Ekroth, Nils Forsberg, Natalia Kazmierska, Paul Steen

Is there a new tone to Swedish art criticism? The interest in art criticism is on the rise, while, at the same time, views about its role diverge greatly. During the past half year it has been at the center of a lively debate in the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Expressen, and Svenska Dagbladet. At the heart of matter lies the integrity of the art critic, especially in relation to the global art market, powerful institutions in good standing with the media, and a forever changing artist’s role. Fueling the discussion is Leif Zern’s recent critique of Staffan Valdemar Holm’s production at the Royal Dramatic Theater. How and in what manner do different media reach their public? What resources exist for an independent monitoring of art? Is the Swedish media on its way to following the British tabloid model, with stark simplifications and brazenness? Are the barriers breaking down between criticism, reporting, and entertainment writing? Once again questions are raised about art for art’s sake and the arts’ relationship to often distressingly urgent political, social, ecological, and ethical problems. And where is there space for innovative, interdisciplinary theoretical discussion – especially about young artists, designers, and architects – in art journals and/ or in tabloids?

Time: Monday 17 May 2004, 7pm – 10 pm

Place: SOC. Stockholm, Bondegatan 64, Stockholm.

Moderator:
Sophie Allgårdh
Art critic for Svenska Dagbladet

Panel:
Power Ekroth
Editor and critic for SITE

Nils Forsberg
Art critic for Expressen

Natalia Kazmierska
Art critic for Expressen

Paul Steen
Editor for Mars

Drinks and light refreshments available at cost. Coffee.

The evening is a cooperative event between the Swedish Art Critics Association www.aicasweden.org and SOC.Stockholm www.soc.nu. The debate will be held in Swedish.

Free entry

Welcome!