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'''Deborah Solomon''' (born August 9, 1957, [[New York City]]) is |
'''Deborah Solomon''' (born August 9, 1957, [[New York City]]) is an art critic and journalist with a weekly question and answer column in ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'' titled "Questions For". Her column has appeared in the newspaper's weekend magazine since 2003. |
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==Professional work== |
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Solomon began her career writing about art for various publications, including ''[[The New Criterion]]''. For most of the 1990s, she served as the chief art critic of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. She has written extensively about American painting, and is the author of several biographies of American artists, including [[Jackson Pollock]] and [[Joseph Cornell]]. Solomon was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 2001 in the category of biography.<ref> |
Solomon began her career writing about art for various publications, including ''[[The New Criterion]]''. For most of the 1990s, she served as the chief art critic of ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. She has written extensively about American painting, and is the author of several biographies of American artists, including [[Jackson Pollock]] and [[Joseph Cornell]]. Solomon was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 2001 in the category of biography.<ref>{{http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=solomon&lower_bound=1925&upper_bound=2010&competition=ALL&fellowship_category=ALL&x=0&y=0}}</ref> |
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In 2007, New York Times Public Editor [[Clark Hoyt]] recommended that the Times run a disclaimer indicating the "Questions For" column is edited down from a much longer text. Each column now says at the bottom, "Interview has been condensed and edited." <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/opinion/14pubed.html |title=Questions and Answers, in No Particular Order |last=Hoyt |first=Clark |pubdate=2007-10-14 |citedate=2010-05-27 | work=The New York Times | date=October 14, 2007}}</ref> |
In 2007, New York Times Public Editor [[Clark Hoyt]] recommended that the Times run a disclaimer indicating the "Questions For" column is edited down from a much longer text. Each column now says at the bottom, "Interview has been condensed and edited." <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/opinion/14pubed.html |title=Questions and Answers, in No Particular Order |last=Hoyt |first=Clark |pubdate=2007-10-14 |citedate=2010-05-27 | work=The New York Times | date=October 14, 2007}}</ref> |
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In 2010, Solomon was criticized as too pro-Israel when, during an interview of former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni published in the New York Times, she responded to remembrance of acts terrorism by Livini's parents by saying "it was a more romantic era."<ref>[http://mondoweiss.net/2010/06/nyt-describes-jewish-terrorism-as-romantic.html NYT describes Jewish terrorism as ‘romantic’]</ref> |
In 2010, Solomon was criticized by bloggers as too pro-Israel when, during an interview of former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni published in the New York Times, she responded to remembrance of acts terrorism by Livini's parents by saying "it was a more romantic era."<ref>[http://mondoweiss.net/2010/06/nyt-describes-jewish-terrorism-as-romantic.html NYT describes Jewish terrorism as ‘romantic’]</ref> |
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==92nd Street Y controversy== |
==92nd Street Y controversy== |
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Deborah Solomon (born August 9, 1957, New York City) is an art critic and journalist with a weekly question and answer column in The New York Times Magazine titled "Questions For". Her column has appeared in the newspaper's weekend magazine since 2003.
Early life and education
Solomon was born in New York City and grew up in New Rochelle, New York. She was educated at Cornell University, where she majored in art history and served as the associate editor of The Cornell Daily Sun. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1979. The following year, she received a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Professional work
Solomon began her career writing about art for various publications, including The New Criterion. For most of the 1990s, she served as the chief art critic of The Wall Street Journal. She has written extensively about American painting, and is the author of several biographies of American artists, including Jackson Pollock and Joseph Cornell. Solomon was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001 in the category of biography.[1]
Personal life
She is married to Kent Sepkowitz, a physician and infectious-disease specialist at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and they have two sons, Eli Sepkowitz and Leo Sepkowitz, the founder of the sports blog, Leobeingleo.com.
Criticism
In 2006, NBC television host Tim Russert, who was interviewed by Solomon for her "Questions For" column, publicly accused her of distorting his comments. The interview was scheduled for Mother's Day, and, in the published version, Solomon repeatedly asks Russert to describe memories of his mother, only to have Russert evade her and talk about other topics. Russert charged, in a letter to the editor, that Solomon failed to include his comments about his mother and made him sound disloyal to her.
In 2007, New York Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt recommended that the Times run a disclaimer indicating the "Questions For" column is edited down from a much longer text. Each column now says at the bottom, "Interview has been condensed and edited." [2]
In 2010, Solomon was criticized by bloggers as too pro-Israel when, during an interview of former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni published in the New York Times, she responded to remembrance of acts terrorism by Livini's parents by saying "it was a more romantic era."[3]
92nd Street Y controversy
On November 29, 2010, at the 92nd Street Y in New York, Solomon interviewed actor Steve Martin about his new novel, An Object of Beauty, which is set in the art world. In response to emails received in real-time by the Y staff from viewers of the interview, a note was dispatched to Solomon on-stage, telling her to shift the conversation from art to Steve Martin's film career.[4]
The next day, the Y issued an apology to audiences, along with a promise of a refund, prompting much controversy. Solomon told the New York Times, “Frankly, you would think that an audience in New York, at the 92nd Street Y, would be interested in hearing about art and artists. I had no idea that the Y programmers wanted me to talk to Steve instead on what it’s like to host the Oscars or appear in ‘It’s Complicated’ with Alec Baldwin. I think the Y, which is supposedly a champion of the arts, has behaved very crassly and is reinforcing the most philistine aspects of a culture that values celebrity and award shows over art.” [5]
In an op-ed piece in The New York Times, Martin praised Solomon an "art scholar" and said he would have rather "died onstage with art talk" than with the movie trivia questions the Y had chosen for him. [6]
Bibliography
- Jackson Pollock: A Biography, Simon & Schuster, 1987, ISBN 978-0815411826
- Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997, ISBN 0-374-18012-1
- A biography of Norman Rockwell, to be published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2011
References
- ^ Template:Http://www.gf.org/fellows/results?query=solomon&lower bound=1925&upper bound=2010&competition=ALL&fellowship category=ALL&x=0&y=0
- ^ Hoyt, Clark (October 14, 2007). "Questions and Answers, in No Particular Order". The New York Times.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|citedate=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|pubdate=ignored (help) - ^ NYT describes Jewish terrorism as ‘romantic’
- ^ Steve Martin's Boring Appearance Prompts Audience Refunds
- ^ "Comedian Conversation Falls Flat at 92nd Street Y
- ^ {http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/opinion/05martin.html}