Who Gets to Call it Art? (2006)

Kam Williams

You are likely to enjoy this bio-pic to the extent that you buy into the idea that one effete snob ought to define an aesthetic for the rest of us slobs.

Full Review | Comment | May., 28 2007 08:58 PM

Michael Wilmington

Shot with a Peter Greenaway-like austere impudence and edited brilliantly (by Jed Parker), this is an entertaining movie, and a moving one -- even if, like me, you're not especially fond of these paintings or that scene.

Full Review | Comment | Jun., 22 2006 01:38 PM

Sheila Farr

With its snappy, even hectic editing and great archival footage, Who Gets to Call It Art? is loads of fun to watch.

Full Review | Comment | Mar., 03 2006 02:58 PM

Noel Murray

Rosen covers a lot of ground in 80 minutes, and he's picked the right subject to focus on.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 16 2006 11:36 PM

V.A. Musetto

Peter Rosen's documentary Who Gets to Call It Art? paints an entertaining picture of the cherubic gentleman, who as the first curator of contemporary art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Full Review | Comment | Feb., 03 2006 03:40 PM

Manohla Dargis

Clocking in at 80 minutes, this glib, largely uninformative and poorly organized précis of the post-World War II art scene succeeds neither as history nor as art history.

Comment | Feb., 01 2006 02:11 PM

Ed Gonzalez

Through his use of green screen and montage, Rosen seems to want to position his film as its own work of Pop Art.

Full Review | Comment | Jan., 18 2006 10:19 AM

Phil Hall

A documentary that is a true work of art.

Full Review | Comment | Nov., 04 2005 04:31 PM