Walker Art Center and MN Artists To Present Superscript: Arts Journalism and Criticism in a Digital Age in May 2015

MINNEAPOLIS, January 22 2015The Walker Art Center is pleased to announce Superscript: Arts Journalism and Criticism in a Digital Age, a first-of-its-kind conference copresented by the Walker and Mn Artists. In this age of democratized mediawhen curation, self-promotion, and DIY criticism combine and collide onlinewhat is the role of the professional art critic? Is virality killing or cultivating new audiences for the arts? How is the web changing the way artists tell their stories or expand their practicesor how we think about art?

The Superscript conference convenes a diverse array of writers, editors, artists, curators, and theorists to address questions around online art publishings present and possible futures. Hosted by the multidisciplinary Walker Art Center, the three-day conference includes keynotes, panel discussions, film premieres, a DJ set by YACHTs Claire Evans, access to the Walkers world-renowned galleries (including the new global survey International Pop), and more, plus ample opportunities to network with cultural critics and creators from around the globe.

Bookended by the Critical Reception on Thursday and an after-party at Le Meridién Chambers Minneapolis on Saturday, the conference features two keynotes, plus four panels made up of short talks by key thinkers.


Superscript: Arts Journalism and Criticism in a Digital Age
May 2830, 2015
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Ticket price: $200
Early-bird price: $150 (Limited to first 100 tickets)
Tickets on sale January 27, 2015


Organizations/Media
artnet News Buzzfeed Creative Time Reports Design Observer e-flux Frieze Hyperallergic Los Angeles Times New Inquiry Pitchfork Rhizome Temporary Art Review thePerformanceClub.org Triple Canopy Vice

Speakers and Panelists
Eugenia Bell Moyra Davey Claire Evans Isaac Fizgerald Dan Fox Orit Gat Veken Gueyikian Christopher Knight Claudia La Rocco Marisa Mazria-Katz Carolina Miranda Alexander Provan Jim Richards Ryan Schreiber Ayesha Siddiqi Brian Kuan Wood and others.