This program features a reading and discussion of writer and critic (senior editor at Art in America) Raphael Rubinstein's anthology, Critical Mess(2006), on the debate over the role of contemporary art criticism. Rubinstein compiled a series of writings by noted international critics. This event called upon contributors Thomas McEvilley, Katy Siegel, Nancy Princenthal, Eleanor Heartney, and Peter Plagens to reunite and rekindle this hot topic. Rubenstein moderates. The program is produced by P.S.1's small press series Fine Print and the book's publisher Hard Press Editions who presented this panel, also entitled Critical Mess, on Dec. 17, 2006. Fine Print: Alternative Media at P.S.1, is a series of public programs co-organized with innovative publications from New York and nationwide. (81 minutes)