Anthony Van Dyck, meet Tracey Emin. You've got more in common than you might think

The Independent - London | August 29, 1999| | Copyright

Today, as I was walking past the Royal Academy in Piccadilly thinking about Austin Powers and Tracey Emin, I remembered what John Tusa's new idea was about how critics should carry on: we must not praise something simply because it succeeds on its own terms or because we know a lot about it. Or because we think, Ha ha, I get it! For what are we, if we are critics, if not critical? Plus, how can anyone understand what we're saying if we don't call a spade a spade but instead take our hats off to relativism and show our bottoms to excellence? Or worse, hide behind a mask of irony? In an age of ...

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