Barry Schwabsky
Barry Schwabsky is an American art critic, art historian and poet. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College, among others.Art criticism
Schwabsky is art critic for The Nation and co-editor of international reviews for Artforum. Schwabsky's essays have appeared in many other publications, including Flash Art, Contemporary, Artforum, London Review of Books and Art in America.
His art criticism books include: Words for Art: Criticism, History, Theory, Practice ; The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art ; and contributions to Abstract Painting: Concepts and Techniques and Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting. He has published books on Jessica Stockholder, Mel Bochner, Chloe Piene, Karin Davie, Dana Schutz, Alex Katz, Gillian Wearing: Mass Observation, Henri Matisse and Alighiero Boetti, among others.
He was an early contributor to The Thing.Published poetry
Schwabsky attended Haverford College and is married to artist Carol Szymanski. They reside in New York City with their two daughters.
