The International Association of Art Critics (French: ''Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art'', AICA) was founded in 1950 to revitalize critical discourse, which suffered under

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. Affiliated with

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AICA was admitted to the rank of

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in 1951. The main objectives of AICA are: * to promote the critical disciplines in the field of visual arts * to ensure their having sound methodological and

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bases * to protect the ethical and professional interests of art critics by defending the rights of all members equally * to ensure permanent

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among its members by encouraging international meetings * to facilitate and improve information and international exchanges in the field of visual arts * to contribute to the reciprocal knowledge and closer understanding of differing cultures * to provide collaboration with

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AICA Objectives
During the 1973 General Assembly of the organization in SFR Yugoslavia, which took place in

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, Ljubljana,

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and

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Célestin Badibanga from

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called upon the organization to "''move beyond the Eurocentric tendencies in art''".

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External links

International Association of Art CriticsAICA UK sectionAICA USA section
Art criticism Organizations established in 1950 {{art-criticism-stub