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Negative Criticism | The Point Magazine

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I’m an art critic. Most of my writing is on my website, the Manhattan Art Review. Probably the most distinctive feature of the site, and […]

I’m an art critic . Most of my writing is on my website, the Manhattan Art Review . Probably the most distinctive feature of the site, and certainly the most divisive, is the “Kritic’s Korner” section, which uses a rating system of one to five stars. I originally intended the section to be an afterthought: quick reviews with the rating acting as a shorthand for my reaction. Five stars is as good as it gets (at the time of writing I’ve given ten five-star ratings out of roughly eight hundred reviews, and six of those have been for historical shows), four is an unconditional success, three is in

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