For the next installment of our subscriber-exclusive newsletter series, New York Night School, senior art critic Jerry Saltz will be leading a course on the art of looking at art: the techniques and habits of mind that will enrich your museum experience and allow you to go deeper into the works you are beholding. These are not lessons in art history per se (though naturally there will be plenty of those) but rather in being a better observer and interpreter and appreciator. Jerry wrote a whole book about how to be an artist, and this is a kind of extension of that project — you could say it’s about how to be a critic.

You can expect tutorials on how to approach established masterpieces, new works in small galleries, outsider art, and more. The five-week course launches on Wednesday, May 28. Sign up below or by clicking here.

 A New York Night School course from our senior art critic.