Reviews round-up
John Berger: From Life
by Tom Overton
2 of 3 critics positive
6 reviews: 2 positives, 1 mixed; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“a compelling portrait of the writer”
John Berger: the radical who taught us to see art anew
“a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic”
John Berger: From Life by Tom Overton review – a vibrant biography of the pioneering critic
“is at times fawning as it examines”
The philandering Marxist who changed how we see art
From John Berger to Jenny Kleeman: new books reviewed in short
John Berger: From Life. Biographer Tom Overton, like his subject, breaks the vessel he is writing within
John Berger, Britain’s most ridiculous (and brilliant) art critic
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
