Tore Kirkholt (Norway), PhD in Art History, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim. Associate professor at
department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU. Research interests: criticism and reception of art, focusing on 19th and 20th century Norwegian art. These studies include questions of historiography, politics, nationalism and aesthetic theory.
Recent publications:
- Impressionisten (1886-1890) og kritikken som programskrift (2011),
- Den nonfigurative kunstens menneskelighet. Peter Ankers kritiske virksomhet (2012),
- Grunnleggelsen av en norsk kunstkritikk: Emil Tidemands kritiske praksis (2012).
- PhD-dissertation: Inderlighet og moderne drømmer: Kritikk og resepsjon av malerkunsten i Norge: 1820-1914, Trondheim 2010. (English title: Heartiness and modern dreams: criticism and reception of painting in Norway: 1820-1914).