How To Write Art Criticism Creatively

What role does personal experience play in art writing? How can collaboration enrich the process of curating and critiquing art? How does art criticism evolve in the digital age? Is art criticism dead? 

In this engaging episode of Curating Tools Podcast, we delve into the world of art writing with the insightful curator, writer, and art critic An Paenhuysen. An shares her journey from academia to the contemporary art world, highlighting her innovative approach to art criticism and writing.

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Meet our guest, An Paenhuysen is a curator, writer and art critic in Berlin. After completing her doctorate in cultural history, she started her curatorial career at Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin. From 2019 to 2022 she was the director of The House of The Deadly Doris, where she organised eventualities to activate its 1980s punk archive. 

An is a fan of the small format and in 2020 she founded the publishing project AAAAA PPPPP Publishing for short format art writing. She is part of the collective minìsae that bridges the disciplines of writing, visual arts, somatics, and dance.

Curating Tools is a podcast exploring the practical aspects of curatorial work. Through conversations with some of the most prolific curators and art professionals in the creative sector, we aim to provide you with tools and advice to help you develop your curatorial practice.

This podcast is brought to you by Call for Curators, providing professional art opportunities since 2012, and Node Center for Curatorial Studies, the pioneering e-learning platform for curators and art professionals founded in 2009.

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Editing by Maria Cynkier.

Intro music by Dan Carr.