ART&CRITIQUE was a peer-led and volunteer-run alternative art education network dedicated to critical engagement with art practice, theory and research. It was founded in November 2015 and based at The Field and LARC. We employed collaborative, co-operative and collective models of pedagogy and organisation and fostered alternative models of art education in a series of public events. Looking for the Art+Critique course instead?

[SYMPOSIUM] book club was a monthly reading group for artists, researchers and anyone interested in the intersections between art practice and critical theory. [STUDIOCRIT] was an opportunity for artists, curators, designers, film-makers and other producers to present their work to an audience of peers for discussion and feedback. [ARTCRAWL] was a chance to view and discuss exhibitions within walking distance from each other. These regular events were free and open-access, independent, collaborative, self-organised and self-funded. We also organised workshops, participated in festivals and ran non-profit courses.

ART&CRITIQUE’s diverse membership included artists from a range of disciplines, educators, curators, writers, theorists and activists. Our combined skill-set drew on experience in the arts, research, education, collective and cooperative organisation, activism, event organisation, publishing, curating, information technology, participatory and site-specific projects. As a group we aimed to learn from each other and collaborate toward a more equal society.

In 2016 we initiated a collaborative research project on alternative art education, radical pedagogy and self-organisation, to prioritise and develop our pedagogical and organisational methods, and to constitute ourselves as a co-operative art school. This project evolved into the Radical Pedagogy Research Group.

EVENT ARCHIVE

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy
Friday, 12 April 2019, 6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Mayfair to Fitzrovia: Joy, Dance, Magic
Saturday, 30 March 2019, 13:45 – 17:00
Lévy Gorvy, 22 Old Bond St, London W1S 4PY
Curated by Eva Ruschkowski
Free, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] WORKSHOP
How To Start Your Own Art School
Saturday, 23 March 2019, 12-4pm
Ugly Duck, 49 Tanner St, London SE1 3PL
Alternative Art School Weekender (22-24 March)
All welcome

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Jared Diamond: Collapse
Friday, 8 March 2019, 7pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Alter Us
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Claire Bishop: Artificial Hells
Friday, 8 February 2019, 7pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Eva Ruschkowski
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Call for Book Club 2019
Friday, 11 January 2019, 6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Dee Vora, John Fortnum and Eva Ruschkowski

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Eagleton & Zizek: The Idea of Communism
Friday, 14 December 2018, 6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Neil Lamont
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.3
Friday, 9 November 2018, 6:30pm – 9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Silvia Bombardini & Elliot C. Mason
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] MEETING
Quarterly Meeting
Friday, 26 October 2018, 18:30-20:30
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Closest stations: Whitechapel / Aldgate East
All welcome

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Debord: The Culmination of Separation
Friday, 12 October 2018, 18:30–21:00
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Penelope Kupfer & Darshana Vora
Suggested donation £2

[ART&CRITIQUE] COURSE
Critical Theory in Contemporary Art Practice
Mondays, 8 Oct–3 Dec 2018, 6:30pm-9pm
Deptford Lounge, 9 Giffin Street, London SE8 4RJ
Tutor Sophia Kosmaoglou
Booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Deptford Art & Gentrification Walk Pt.2
Saturday, 29 September 2018, 13:00 -18:00
Deptford Railway Station, London SE8 3NU
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou and Paul Clayton
All welcome, booking not required

[ART&CRITIQUE] WORKSHOP
What is Alternative Art Education?
Friday, 20 July 2018, 10am-8pm
5th floor, Tate Modern, London SE1 9TG
UK Commons Assembly @School for Civic Action
All welcome, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] OPEN MEETING
General Meeting
13 July 2018, 18:30-20:30
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Closest stations: Whitechapel / Aldgate East
All welcome

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.2
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 14:30–17:30
Yurt Café, 2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
Part of Antinuiversity Now 2018
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Deptford Art & Gentrification Walk
Saturday 26 May 2018, 12:00 -19:00
Deptford Railway Station, London SE8 3NU
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
All welcome, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Derrida: Signature Event Context
Friday, 11 May 2018, 18:30–21:00
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott and Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] COURSE
Critical Theory in Contemporary Art Practice
19 April – 14 June 2018, 6:30pm–9pm
KUPFER Arch 213, Ponsford Street, London E9 6JU
Tutor Sophia Kosmaoglou
Booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Derrida: Structure, Sign and Play
Friday, 13 April 2018, 6:30pm–9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Mark Fisher: Capitalist Realism Pt.1
Friday, 9 March 2018, 6:30pm-9pm
The Field, 385 Queen’s Rd, London SE14 5HD
Facilitated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Cohn: Representation and Critique
Friday, 9 February 2018, 6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Aris Nikolaidis
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Adam Curtis: HyperNormalisation
Friday, 12 January 2018, 6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Neil Lamont
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Debord: Negation & Consumption in Culture
Friday, 8 December 2017, 6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Aristotelis Nikolaidis
Suggested donation £2, booking via Eventbrite

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Adorno: Commitment
Friday, 10 November 2017, 6:30pm-9pm
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
Facilitated by Nat Pimlott
Suggested donation £2

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Foucault: Of Other Spaces
Sunday, 15 October 2017, 1:30pm – 4:00pm
Yurt Café, 2 Butcher Row, London E14 8DS
Facilitated by Dasha Loyko
Free, booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] WORKSHOP
What is alternative art education?
FIRST ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION OPEN-DAY
Sunday, 1 October 2017, 1pm—6pm
Set Space, 76-89 Alscot Road, London SE1 3AW
Booking via Eventbrite

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Marylebone to South Kensington
Saturday, 30 September 2017, 1:45pm—5pm
Lisson Gallery 27 Bell Street London NW15BY
Curated by Anca Baciu and Mandy Wong
All welcome, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Bishop: Pedagogical Projects
Monday, 24 July 2017, 19:00–21:00
Guest Projects, 1 Andrews Road, London E8 4QL
Chaired by Renata Minoldo
Part of School of The Damned‘s Common Room

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Visit to TOMA in Southend-on-Sea
Sunday, 23 July 2017, 12:20-18:00
Southend Central Station, Southend-on-Sea SS1 1AB
Curated by Emma Edmondson
All welcome, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] WORKSHOP
Self-organisation
14 July 2017
18:30-20:30
LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, London E1 1ES
All welcome, no need to book

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Hampstead to Finsbury Park (via Mayfair)
Saturday, 24 June 2017, 14:00 -17:00
Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Virno: The Dismeasure of Art
Friday, 9 June 2017, 18:00 – 20:00
Tropics Café, New Kent Road, London SE17 1SL
Chaired by Rubén Salgado Perez
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] OPEN MEETING
Alternative Art Education & Co-operation
Friday, 12 May 2017
18:30 – 20:30
Kupfer, Arch 213, Ponsford Street, London E9 6JU
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Judd: Specific Objects
Friday, 21 April 2017, 18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Richard Burger
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Deleuze & Guattari: Rhizome
Friday, 10 March 2017, 18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Katie Tysoe and Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, fully booked

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Marx: The Fetishism of the Commodity and its Secret
Friday, 10 February 2017, 18:00 – 20:30
Wimbledon Art Studios, 10 Riverside Road, SW17 0BB
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Mayfair to Fitzrovia
Saturday, 28 January 2017
14:00 -17:00
Curated by Cristina Sousa Martínez
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
O’Sullivan: The Aesthetics of Affect
Friday, 13 January 2017, 18:00 – 20:30
Louise House, Dartmouth Rd, London SE23 3HZ
Chaired by Katie Tysoe
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Foucault: The Four Similitudes
Friday, 9 December 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
88 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1DH
Chaired by Penelope Kupfer
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] STUDIO CRIT
Johanna Kwiat: Tampering
Saturday, 3 December 2016
14:00 – 1600
Studio, 19 Farquhar Road, London SE19 1SS
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] ART CRAWL
Hampstead to Camden Town
Saturday, 26 November 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Katy Green
Free, booking not required

[ART&CRITIQUE] WORKSHOP
Critiquing the Crit
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 13:00 – 16:00
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Led by Sophie Barr
£5, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Foster: Post-Critical?
Friday, 11 November 2016, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Dasha Loyko
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY CRAWL
Camberwell to Peckham
Saturday, 29 October 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required

[ART&CRITIQUE] STUDIO CRIT
Dasha Loyko: Autonomy and Critique
Saturday, 15 October 2016
15:00 – 17:00
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Badiou: Art & Philosophy
Friday, 14 October 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by Kerry W. Purcell
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY CRAWL
Mayfair to St James (via Soho)
Saturday, 24 September 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Sontag: Against Interpretation
Friday, 9 September 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Chaired by F. D.
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY CRAWL
Mayfair to Fitzrovia
Saturday, 30 July 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required.

[ART&CRITIQUE] STUDIO CRIT
Jo Wolf: DATA
Saturday, 9 July 2016
14:00 – 16:00
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Groys: Under the Gaze of Theory
Friday, 8 July 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou, Respondent Johanna Kwiat Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY CRAWL
Hackney to Shoreditch
Saturday, 25 June 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Dasha Loyko
Free, booking not required

[THEFIELD] WORKSHOP
A Very Short Course in Self-Care and Mutual Care
Sunday, 12 June 2016, 3-6pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14 5HD
Part of Antiuniversity Now! 9-12 June 2016
Everyone welcome, no booking necessary

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Rancière: Problems & Transformations of Critical Art
Friday, 10 June 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Stephen Bennett
Part of Antiuniversity Now!
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY WALK
Hackney to Shoreditch
Saturday, 4 June 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Penelope Kupfer
Free, booking not required

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY TOUR
Hyde Park to Shadwell
Saturday, 14 May 2016
14:00 – 18:00
Curated by Penelope Kupfer
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Sewell: Tate Triennial III
Friday, 13 May 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Richard Lloyd-Jones
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY TOUR
Whitechapel to Liverpool Street
Saturday, 30 April 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Duchamp: The Creative Act
Friday, 8 April 2016, 18:00 – 20:30
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by F. D., Respondent Penelope Kupfer
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] STUDIO CRIT
Maria Christoforatou: Displacement
Sunday, 20 March 2016
14:00 – 16:00
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Free, please book your place

[ART&CRITIQUE] GALLERY TOUR
Hoxton to Mile End
Saturday, 19 March 2016
14:00 – 17:00
Curated by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, booking not required

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Latour: On Actor Network Theory
Friday, 11 March 2016, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Johanna Kwiat
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Barthes: The Death of the Author
Friday, 12 February 2016, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Henrietta Ross
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Owens: The Discourse of Others
Friday, 8 January 2016, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Abu-Lughod: Writing against Culture
Friday, 11 December 2015, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury
Free, please book your place

[SYMPOSIUM] BOOK CLUB
Kant: What is Enlightenment?
Friday, 13 November 2015, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
The Field, 385 Queens Road, London SE14
Chaired by Sophia Kosmaoglou
Free, please book your place