Joan Linder on Miriam Dym

Joan Linder on Miriam Dym

Joan Linder on Miriam Dym History aside, when I think of an artist whose work I admire and who has had immeasurable impact on my work, I think of Miriam Dym. We met in graduate school nearly two decades ago. She has a particular, and idiosyncratic, vision that engages...
10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media

10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media

10 Smart Tips (and Reasons) for Using Social Media When I was writing regularly for ARTnews and the Wall Street Journal, I checked into Facebook only sporadically, usually when I was in the middle of transcribing a dull interview or blocked in writing a story. It was...
Barbara Rachko

Barbara Rachko

Barbara Rachko Barbara Rachko’s first career was about as far from the world of art as you can get. The daughter of working-class parents in suburban New Jersey, she earned her private pilot’s license at the age of 25 and then spent seven years in the...
Mark Sheinkman

Mark Sheinkman

Mark Sheinkman When I first met Mark Sheinkman nearly 20 years ago, he was making drawings with limited means—graphite, charcoal, erasers, and paper—and that choice of the most basic of tools has not changed much in two decades. His works are still predominantly black...
Peter Plagens

Peter Plagens

Peter PlagensA provocative critic and painter reflects on 50 years in the art world SoundCloud Facebook Self-described curmudgeon and esteemed critic Peter Plagens talks to us about his 50-year career as both an artist and writer. Early on he befriended renegade...