Michael Brenson
Michael Brenson is an American art critic and curator. From 1982 to 1991, Brenson worked as a critic for The New York Times.
Early life and education
Michael Brenson was born in 1943. He was raised in New York and traveled often to Paris with his father.Brenson attended Rutgers University, graduating with a BA in sculpture. He later received an MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University, followed by a PhD in art history from Johns Hopkins in 1974.
Career
Immediately after receiving his PhD, Brenson moved to Paris to teach and write, eventually publishing art reviews in the International Herald Tribune. He returned to the United States in 1982 to work for The New York Times first as an art reporter and then an art critic. Brenson worked at the Times for nine years.In 2000, Brenson joined the faculty of Bard College's curatorial studies department. In 2001, he published Visionaries and Outcasts, a book exploring the legacy of the various culture wars in American politics involving the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2022, Brenson published a biography of the artist David Smith.
Awards
Brenson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008.Publications
Books
Chapters
Interviews
Category:Living peopleCategory:Rutgers University alumni
Category:Johns Hopkins University alumni
Category:American art critics
Category:American curators
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