The predecessor of "Art Criticism" was "Music Time and Space". It was founded in 1957 and was renamed "Art Criticism" in 2016. It is managed and sponsored by the Guizhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles and edited and published by "Art Appraisal" magazine. International standard serial number: ISSN 1008-3359, domestic unified serial number: CN 52-1165/J, mailing code: 66-5.