The Critic’s Desk

Nigel Reviews the Submissions

Our Critic-in-Residence appraises works generated by the Institute’s engine, awarding scores from a scale he invented, in units he refuses to explain. He is rarely fair and never in doubt.

Nigel Ponceby-Smythe appraising a questionable artwork with deep suspicion

Nigel Ponceby-Smythe, Critic-in-Residence

Sort

1 review

Reviewed: A can of Stella Artois thrown into a bush

Lager, Interrupted

4 out of five reluctant nods

7 views

Reckless, luminous, and faintly carbonated. I have not stopped thinking about it, which I resent.

Read the full review →

Court the critic

Fancy a review of your own? Give the engine something to judge.

Create your own artwork

Upload a photo and let the engine elevate it. Nigel may even review it, if it offends him correctly.

Create artwork

Buy a reviewed work

Turn a critically-appraised piece into a print, board, tile, or weightless download with a straight face.

Browse print and gift options

Gift something inexplicable

A reviewed artwork makes a present that is personal, alarming, and impossible to return.

Visit the gift department

The Unremarkable Dispatch

Get the critic’s verdicts delivered, whether you asked or not.

Subscribe for new reviews, the latest gallery works, and instructions on precisely how impressed to be.