Kerr Houston

Art Critic and Art Historian

Kerr Houston has taught art history and art criticism at MICA since 2002. He is the author of the book An Introduction to Art Criticism (Pearson, 2012), and his recent writings range from an article on a metaphorical aspect of the Sistine Chapel chancel screen, in Source, to an extended essay on Candice Breitz’s Extra, in Nka.

Media & Literature

The Word, the Flesh, and the Image

Visual Art

Do the Right Thing at 25 by Kerr Houston

Film

Tulsa, Teenage Lust, and the Domestication of the Outrageous

Visual Art

Just Going into the Street is a Start

Visual Art

Recasting the Past: Hank Willis Thomas in South Africa

Visual Art

Effecting Alternatives

Visual Art

A Review of the 1741 Salon, in Context

Visual Art

Near the Origins of Art Criticism: An Original Translation of a Review of the 1741 Salon

Artworld Global

Then and Now: The Salon of 1741 and 21st-Century Art Fairs

Visual Art

About Face

Visual Art

Power Seduction and Romantic Conceptualism: Jill Magid at MICA by Kerr Houston

Visual Art

Burning Bright at the Hirshhorn