Chair Interview

In September 2012, SVA will open the doors of its MA in Critical Theory and the Arts program. The rigorous three-semester course of study is an interdisciplinary curriculum of lectures and seminars that focuses on the contemporary situation of art in a way that — according to Robert Hullot-Kentor, the program chair — “involves the entire history of art and society and the most important concerns we have about our lives. The year is meant for students who have a whole lot on their minds and who very much want to have a whole lot more on their minds.”

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MA Critical Theory and the Arts

“In September 2012, a small master’s program at the School of Visual Arts, an art school in New York City, opened its doors: Critical Theory and the Arts. Adorno scholar and translator Robert Hullot-Kentor dreamt it up and put into action a school for artists and graduate students of various fields of inquiry for a collaborative intensive study over one year.”
-Bettina Funcke, Mousse Magazine, No 37

“The most interesting and lively model for critical learning that I have encountered, in the city or elsewhere.”
-Sam Lewitt, artist

Applications, academic year 2013-2014.
You can read about admission to the program here.

Robert Hullot-Kentor

Robert Hullot-Kentor is the chair of the graduate program in Critical Theory and the Arts at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.

Critical Theory and the Arts - One Year MA Program

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Chair Interview

MA Critical Theory and the Arts