JJ Charlesworth is art critic, and one of the editors of ArtReview. As well as commissioning for the magazine, he contributes features, columns and reviews, often around subjects of art's interaction with politics and issues of political controversy. JJ started out studying fine art at Goldsmiths College, London, during the high-point of 'young British art'. By 2000 he had started writing freelance, for magazines such as Art Monthly, Modern Painters, Time Out London and ArtReview. In 2006 he joined ArtReview as reviews editor. He has published numerous features and catalogue essays on artists including Roger Hiorns, David Claerbout, Elizabeth Price, Renzo Martens, Sarah Lucas and Liam Gillick. A keen interest in the history of art criticism and art magazines led him to pursue a Phd on the subject at the Royal College of Art. His book Criticism, Art and Theory in 1970s Britain: the Critical War, was published by Routledge in 2024. More recently he has written for The Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and Spiked.
‘Angel with a Gun’ at Alison Jacques, London remembers the critic and curator in dialogue with the present artworld and its engagement with non-Western history
