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Kjetul Røed
KJETIL RØED is an art critic working for Norway’s largest daily newspaper Aftenposten. He writes for several other publications as well, among them kunstkritikk.no, Billedkunst, and Vinduet. He has also written for artforum.com, Frieze and ArtReview.
Norway
Between Lotte Konow Lund (artist) and Kjetil Røed (critic)
Usually, one tends to say that it is about distinguishing between good and bad; man, that is imprecise. Art criticism is about examining why the art works or not. An “exemplary consumer”—in the sense of being a model—is another name I have given to the role of the critic.
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