The Popular Connoisseur
Richard Dorment | The New York Review of Books | 26th March 2018
A new biography revisits Clark, in the 1970’s “the most celebrated art historian in the world”. He pioneered art criticism that was accessible, using a formidable blend of aestheticism and erudition – plus an ability “to enter into an artist’s imaginative world”. Today’s theory-heavy commentary suggests things have since gone backwards.