The phrase "act of critique" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or action of analyzing or evaluating something critically.
Example: "The act of critique is essential in academic writing, as it helps to refine arguments and improve the quality of research."
Alternatives: "process of critique" or "exercise of critique".
It fails to separate governmental suppression of expression from the much less influential act of media critique.
He describes his style of humour as "playful, happy nihilism", and says he's fascinated by the idea of using his act to critique the very idea of being a stand-up, Stewart Lee-Stewart
STEPHANIE VANDERSLICE: Having studied a wide range of approaches to the undergraduate course, I've found the most successful courses move students slowly from invention (understanding different ways a piece of literary art might be made) to creation (the act of making itself) to critique, with the least emphasis, until advanced courses, on critique.
For what "Everything Put Together" turns out to be is a finely acted expressionistic critique of the suburban baby culture and its joys, fears and fetishes.
Since the amount of his fine became public on Tuesday, Mr. Ai appears to have shed any reluctance to speak out and has criticized the tax penalty as an act of naked retribution for his critiques against the governing Communist Party.
On a sunny April day in Basel, Switzerland, gazing down at the drawings and models on a long table in Herzog & de Meuron's studio overlooking the Rhine, the pavilion's design is revealed as an expressive memorial, an act of archaeology that is also a critique of the world's uncritical appetite for architectural icons.
If anything, it's as much art's job to act as a critique of digital culture as it is to explore its aesthetic potential.
It's a different kind of critique".
Other points of critique and comments: 1.
Two major elements of critique are raised.
