Michelle Marder Kamhi passed away on April 27, 2025 at the age of 88.
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Michelle Marder Kamhi
is an independent scholar and critic. The author of Who Says That’s Art? and Bucking the Artworld Tide, she also co-authored What Art Is and co‑edited Aristos.
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Bucking the Artworld Tide
incorporates more than three decades of writing and speaking on the visual arts. It offers a deep appreciation of traditional painting and sculpture and fundamentally challenges the dominant assumptions and practices of today’s artworld.
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Who Says That’s Art?
Lauded by Kirkus Reviews as “forceful and persuasive,” this book thoroughly debunks the global art establishment’s anything-goes view of the visual arts.
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