Art History (film)

Metacritic, a review aggregator, rated the film 36/100 based on four reviews.^[2] Joe Weissberg of Variety wrote, "Future art historians may use Joe Swanberg's latest to illustrate the paucity of ideas and means in the 2010s."^[3] Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called the premise "tediously obvious".^[4] Michelle Orange of The Village Voice complimented the lighting and mood, which she said do not make up for the lack of story or character development.^[5]

Richard Brody of The New Yorker wrote that detractors who compare it to Ingmar Bergman's Persona miss the point, though Brody says Swanberg's images are "of a kind" to those Bergman shot in the 1950s and 1960s.^[6] Erik Kohn of Indiewire described it as "essentially Swanberg's version of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, and, within the larger context of his career, just as inconsequential".^[7] Jesse Cataldo of Slant Magazine rated it 3/4 stars and wrote, "Art History stands out as one of his most visually and conceptually accomplished experiments."^[8] Christopher Bourne of Twitch Film called it "a complex and unsettling examination of the creative process" and its psychological pressures.^[9]

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