The Weekly Standard
Kimball knows his business.... His reviews make me hungry to see what I've missed.
Cybereditions Critics Series
His positions are not always predictable but are consistently well argued.
Artschuttlebutt.Com - Keith Russell
An approach that, in many ways, I very much enjoy.
The New York Times - Catherine Saint Louis
A scathing critic but one whose tirades are usually justified...his intellectual rigor is refreshing.
Gertrude Himmelfarb
One of the most candid and perceptive critics of American culture.
Frederick Morgan
One of the ablest and most philosophically skilled critics on the current scene.
Paul Michael Johnson
There is much to be learned and enjoyed in these stimulating, provocative, and elegant essays.
Art Scope
Witty, insightful, and inciting compilation of twenty years of art reviews.... Kimball's opinions have an appealing candor, and, delivered in a lively colloquial style, make for engaging, intelligent reading.
The Tennessean
Kimball's art reviews are lucid mini-educations in the exercise of taste.
First Things
Roger Kimball of the New Criterion is at it again, for which throughtful readers should be grateful.
John Gross
A trenchant and courageous critic...his positive values and his historical grasp make him far more than a mere polemicist.
Kliatt - Nancy Chaplin
In a penetrating and often hilarious series of articles he takes on what he considers the 'hucksterism' of both artists and museum directors....Kimbell never tries to hide his stripes. The result is lively and informative.
JUN/JUL 04 - AudioFile
Roger Kimball addresses a host of artistic topics in this collection of short pieces; he reviews specific shows, discusses major critics, and explores major artists. He is strongest when praising or informing; when he attacks those he disagrees with, he depends too heavily on arch sarcasm. However, whether Kimball is lauding or slicing, Christopher Lane always shapes his narration to fit. In fact, Lane seems to take particular pleasure in performing the more conversational style Kimball uses in the negative pieces, pausing to let choice words sink in and hammering home selected ridiculous quotations from contemporary theory. The resulting synthesis of narrator and text is highly entertaining. G.T.B. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
