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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Bright Lights, Big Ciudad

Unpacking the controversy over modernist streetlamps in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol

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Public Sculpture the Public Really Likes

Chatting with sculptor Tom Otterness.

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Detouring to Peru’s Past

There are reasons that the Chachapoyas region of northern Peru—where orchids seem to pop from every crevice, and spectacular cliffside tombs reign over verdant valley—is one of its least visited.