What If Virtual Galleries Ruled the Artworld?Martin Herbertartreview.com29 September 2020With life under successive lockdowns, get used to art run on a medium-low setting
How Kris Martin’s ‘Idiot’ Inspired a Critic to Rewrite His Own StoryMartin HerbertArtReview25 September 2020‘Dostoevsky, I thought, had maybe changed him and, to a person as dissatisfied with their own personality as I am, might rewrite me’
What ‘Bad Art’ Really MeansMartin Herbertartreview.com18 September 2020Many of the shows we see we’ll only see once, much of what was interesting in them we might miss, and what we get back for that is the cheap, cynical thrill of dismissal
Art Fairs Are Doomed. Here’s How to ‘Save’ ThemMartin Herbertartreview.com04 September 2020Let’s keep them confined to a virtual netherworld of speculation – we won’t be missing much
COVID-19 Silenced the Artworld. What Happens When the Machine Starts Up Again?Martin Herbertartreview.com19 August 2020‘Something somebody already did, with a twist’
The Berlin Art Scene: Dead and AliveMartin Herbertartreview.com07 August 2020When I moved to the city, eight years ago, I assumed the artworld would be humming – why has it become so sleepy?
What Gardening Taught Me About Art CriticismMartin Herbertartreview.com24 July 2020‘You know you’ll feel better after doing it, but still you don’t start’