Anne Loxley is a Sydney-based art critic, writer and curator. Her most recent stint as a Sydney Morning Herald art critic spanned 2001-04. Her earliest foray into regular newspaper reviewing was in 1988 for the Sun-Herald. She is the author of numerous essays and articles, and has curated many public art projects and art exhibitions.

ABSTRACT

What can I say?

This presentation is a rumination on the parameters of expression allowed a newspaper art critic. A daily metropolitan newspaper is a highly visible forum but what can be said within those column inches? How do newspapers compare with journals and magazines? What do the editors want and the sub-editors allow? This paper reveals one art critic’s attempts to make constructive commentary within the constraints of main stream publishing.