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Dick Averns

Dick Averns, an artist and writer, has published in Canadian Art, Momus, Akimbo, On Site Review, Galleries West, Front, and multiple catalogues, while his artworks have circulated internationally. He has been deployed as an official war artist to the Middle East and teaches studio art, art history, and theory at the University of Calgary, Alberta.

Features• February 2, 2016

“How to Lie About Canadian Art”: A Case Study in Art Criticism

By Dick Averns

Art criticism doesn’t often speculate on the value of pithy maxims such as ‘there’s no such thing as bad publicity.” But when an article…

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