About

Kung Fu Art Critic delivers exhibition reviews five days a week. "Kung fu" is a Chinese expression that refers to skill developed through long, hard practice. (The martial art is usually referred to as "wushu.") The principles of Kung Fu Art Criticism are Clear Seeing, Clear Writing, Clear Thinking, and Honesty in All Endeavors.

Franklin Einspruch has been writing about art since 1994, and publishing his art writing online since 2000. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Miami New Times, NYFA Interactive, and elsewhere, and will appear in the upcoming issue of the New Criterion. He is the editor of the Walter Darby Bannard Archive. His personal site is einspruch.com, and he can be contacted at franklin@ his personal site. Letters of comment can be sent to that address as well. They are presumed to be intended for publication, with attribution, unless otherwise noted.

He does not know kung fu, but he studied t'ai chi chuan for eight years and longs to return to it. Currently he is learning to ride a unicycle. He lives in Boston.