Art Writing Symposium 2026: Re-Writing in the Age of AI

For decades, the phrase “all good writing is re-writing” has affirmed the practice of reworking and refining drafts of research papers, articles, museum label texts, curatorial essays, book manuscripts, and other forms of writing in and for the Arts. However, in the Age of AI, there is an implicit notion that “fast writing” is desirable, whereas human-generated writing and the sometimes lengthy processes associated with it, is devalued.

This symposium explores the idea that re-writing remains an essential tool for contemporary Art Writing. We will explore how re-writing in the Age of AI is essential for the creative process, that it reinforces academic integrity, and allows for underrepresented perspectives that might otherwise remain unheard.

The Art Writing Symposium is organized biannually by Dr. Brett M. Van Hoesen, Associate Professor and Area Head of Art History, as part of an on-going collaboration between the Nevada Museum of Art and the Department of Art, Art History & Design at the University of Nevada, Reno.

𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬: 𝘑𝘪𝘮 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯, 𝘛𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘕𝘔, 1995, 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦-𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘳𝘵, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤 𝘉𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯