Art Criticism

A Calamity in Pigment: Archibald Plimpton-Smythe on the First Impressionist Exhibition (Paris, 1874)

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Edited, Annotated, and Introduced by Sarah Hilton of Pimlico Wilde, from the copy discovered by Mr. Leonard Forsythe, Antiquarian Bookseller Editor’s Introduction The review reproduced below, originally published in La Gazette des Beaux-Arts et Autres Déplaisirs (Paris, May 1874), represents one of the earliest surviving accounts of the group later canonised as the “Impressionists.” Its … Read more

Announcement: A New Voice Joins Pimlico Wilde

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Pimlico Wilde is thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new monthly column by none other than the incomparable cultural commentator Alaric Montjoy. Alaric is, in every sense, a renaissance figure for the 21st century. His career defies easy summary, but let us try: he was once the youngest curator ever appointed at the B&A, … Read more

Discombobulationism: A first look at Theory and Praxis of this new Art Movement

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It has become something of a truism to declare that contemporary art thrives in states of epistemic crisis. Yet what distinguishes Discombobulationism from its predecessors is the radical affirmation of incoherence as both method and ethic. Whereas Dada negated, Surrealism dreamt, and Internet art ironized, Discombobulationism inhabits a zone closer to pure illegibility. Its adherents … Read more

Discombobulationism – the New Art Movement taking the Artworld by Storm

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The late 19th century had Impressionism. The early 20th century had Cubism. We have Discombobulationism. The Disquiet of Discombobulationism The newest tremor in contemporary art is Discombobulationism: a movement that revels in fracture, illogic, and the refusal of narrative coherence. Emerging in the late 2010s, first in the informal salons of Rotterdam and later consolidating … Read more