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.
‘Change the Board and Get Rid of the Director’
An award-winning investigation into the Hispanic Society of America that resulted in real change.
Chatting With MacArthur Winner Carrie Mae Weems
The artist, activist, and educator on winning the 'genius grant,' bringing color to the Guggenheim, and changing the world one flower at a time.
The stories of many lives
MacArthur-winning painter Jordan Casteel '14MFA talks about her portraits.
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.
An Artist Sews a Sense of Community
Communal crafting and collective action are essential parts of Marie Watt’s art practice.
An Iconoclast Becomes an Icon
The famously impish Robert Rauschenberg is as playful as ever on the occasion of the largest show of his career.
The Influential Chinese Contemporary Artist You've Never Heard Of
A show at the Queens Museum celebrated mischief-making artist Zhang Hongtu, who has built a five-decade career out of skewering icons with deft irreverence.
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.
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.
From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs
Art Spiegelman on storytelling, modernism, wormholes, loopholes, and the boundaries that still separate high and low.
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.
The Man Who Flew Into Space
Soviet artist Ilya Kabakov has catapulted to fame in the West with installations that depict the peculiarities and absurdities of life in the USSR.
Janine Antoni
Using her body as a tool, the artist shares visceral messages about feminism, the body, and art history.
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