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Writers, artists and curators from the UK and beyond debate current topics from the contemporary art world for you to respond to. See what issues are being hotly discussed and add your thoughts and comments to the conversation.

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Rant 76: Why are Openings still called Private Views?

Dany Louise asks why artists and curators continue to use the old-fashioned term Private View. Suggesting they should start to consider what it stands for, she proposes it's time the contemporary art world comes up with an alternative.

uploaded: 26/4/2012
last comment: 15/5/2012

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Rant 74: Blockbuster blues
Cara Sutherland

last comment: 4/5/2012 by charlotte squire

yes is it the fact that everyones doing it make the show feel problematic, is it a need to be solitary when viewing art, does being part of a crowd make the viewing experience seem more like mass...

Rant 73: The function of art criticism
Helen Kaplinsky

last comment: 18/4/2012 by no name

I have just been reading Agamben on taste and its appearance in the mid 17th century. I wonder if judgement is still attached to taste and whether the cristicism of taste can hold for...

Rant 75: Virtual collecting
David Trigg

last comment: 4/4/2012 by

Rant 72: Pricing and selling work independently
Robin Cracknell

last comment: 28/2/2012 by no name

I agree that, when designing to a brief or doing a personal commission, pricing is easier. I've done a few hundred book covers without an agent or a gallery and, yes, it's not difficult to price your...

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