Art Writer Robin Cembalest

Throughout her career, Robin has covered the people, places, and trends shaping the art world. Following is a non-chronological sampling from Robin’s hundreds of publications.

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Howardena Pindell, Pioneer and Thought Leader

As a Black woman artist and activist whose goal has been to “deal with American history as it is not told,” Howardena Pindell long faced exclusion on many levels. In recent years, she has become recognized as pioneer and thought leader whose influence goes far beyond the studio.

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A ‘Child of Daumier’ Confronts the 1990s

Robin’s profile of Jack Levine, the American Social Realist painter who was an acerbic critic of politicians, the art world and just about every other establishment, republished as a memorial on the occasion of his passing in 2010.

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Making the Global Local

Manuel Borja-Villel's rehang of the Reina Sofí­a highlights its holdings of Spanish modernist icons—along with the unknown, the unexpected, and the international.

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A Dealer With Ideas

With her Madrid gallery and her private collection, Helga de Alvear has introduced a wave of high-concept, new-media artists to Spain.

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