Christopher Knight’s coverage of art
Christopher Knight is the art critic for the Los Angeles Times. He is a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism (1991, 2001 and 2007). Knight received the 1997 Frank Jewett Mather Award for distinction in art criticism from the College Art Assn., becoming the first journalist to win the award in more than 25 years. Here are some of the highlights of his work in 2014.
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Critic’s Notebook: The stakes are high for both MOCA and Philippe Vergne as the new director’s background comes more into focus.
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Andrea Bowers’ installation at Pomona and Pitzer college galleries goes beyond a rape in Steubenville, Ohio, to examine social mores, media and victimization in a digital age.
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The landmark painting stands magnificently, no less so after the debunking of a myth regarding its creation
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Critic’s Notebook: The late Mike Kelley gives the storm and stress of adolescence its due in work both potent and eccentric, soon to be on view in a MOCA retrospective.
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The Getty Villa’s ‘Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections’ is a shining confluence of the earthly and the divine.
