Strictly Critical
Christian Viveros-Faune, Artlance, Christian Viveros-Fauné, Blake Gopnik, Tom WinchesterBlake Gopnik and Christian Viveros-Fauné
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 24 | Founded | 9 months ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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Marcel Duchamp Uncut
The Artful Dodger
This uncut version of Marcel Duchamp features over 40 minutes of the Strict Crits discussing the polarizing artist and his work. It’s the raw footage showing what it’s like to walk through the exhibi…
Marcel Duchamp
$8 paid subscribers have access to the 40 minute uncut version.
Marcel Duchamp
The Museum of Modern Art
April 12th - August 22nd, 2026
The Propaganda Quiz
The more we’re familiar with propaganda, the less gullible we’ll be — we hope. Problem is we’re so overloaded with people trying to influence our behaviors, whether it’s through advertisements, political campaigns, or peer pressure, it’s ne...
Matt Saunders Treads An Overgrown Path — Again?
In this occasional series, our lads risk subjecting their public statements, as critics, to each other’s viciously critical minds.
BLAKE: I’m always struck by how two smart people can have wildly different views of the same experience: T...
Matt Saunders Treads An Overgrown Path
Weeds choke the unused path. To maintain connections to important people, places, things and ideas, a Scandinavian proverb goes, it’s best to beat such trails and frequently.
Matt Saunders, a shutterless photographer who prefers painterly...
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Artlance on Substack - Artlance.co
I'm the "Critical" in "Strictly Critical."
I’ve been the art critic of the Washington Post and Newsweek, and now I contribute to the New York Times. I’ve written biographies of Warhol and Albert Barnes. I've made a living writing about art and artists. What could be better than that?
Art Critic, Publisher of Art Critter
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