SAIC will host world renowned art critics and historians during a fall symposium titled States of Art Criticism, including James Elkins, Helene Cixous, James Panero, Dave Hickey, Ariella Budick, Stephen Melville, and Michael Newman. The events are designed with the intent of exposing and examining art history, theory, and criticism, as well as the people who study and write about these topics regularly, and will begin October 10.