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| Brian Sewell: nation's most outspoken art critic dies aged 84 | Brian Sewell: nation's most outspoken art critic dies aged 84 |
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| Brian Sewell, Britain's most outspoken art critic and scourge of conceptual art, has died aged 84, according to reports. | Brian Sewell, Britain's most outspoken art critic and scourge of conceptual art, has died aged 84, according to reports. |
| The BBC reported on Saturday that Sewell, who wrote for the Evening Standard for 30 years, had passed away. | The BBC reported on Saturday that Sewell, who wrote for the Evening Standard for 30 years, had passed away. |
| Sewell was known for his dismissive view of conceptual art, and became an acerbic critic of institutions such as the Turner prize. Also a distinguished broadcaster, Sewell appeared in TV and radio programmes about Salvador Dali, whom he knew, and Kind Ludwig II of Bavaria. | |
| The Independent wrote in 2012: "Over the last 33 years, he has almost achieved the status of national treasure, but Sewell never succumbed to the temptation to be loveable. | The Independent wrote in 2012: "Over the last 33 years, he has almost achieved the status of national treasure, but Sewell never succumbed to the temptation to be loveable. |
| "He always kept his barbs sharpened, his pen toxic, his dislike of mediocrity deadly serious. | "He always kept his barbs sharpened, his pen toxic, his dislike of mediocrity deadly serious. |
| "He's a confirmed elitist ('The public doesn't know good from bad') and no respecter of persons." | "He's a confirmed elitist ('The public doesn't know good from bad') and no respecter of persons." |