Deborah Solomon
Deborah Solomon (born August 9, 1957, New York City) is an American art critic, journalist and biographer. Her weekly column, "Questions For" ran in The New York Times Magazine from 2003 to 2011. She is currently the art critic for WNYC Public Radio, the New York City affiliate of NPR.
Early life and education
Solomon was born in New York City and grew up in New Rochelle, New York. Her parents, Jerry and Sally Solomon, owned an art gallery. In an interview with Francis Ford Coppola, Solomon disclosed that her father was born in Romania and fled as a child in 1938.[1] 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.
Bibliography
- Jackson Pollock: A Biography, Simon & Schuster, 1987, ISBN 978-0-8154-1182-6
- Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997, ISBN 0-374-18012-1
- American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2013, ISBN 978-0-374-11309-4
Awards and Honors
- 1998 New York Public Library Books to Remember Award, for Utopia Parkway
- 2001 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, in the field of biography.[2]
- 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Award, finalist, for "American Mirror"
- 2014 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, short listed for "American Mirror"
Personal life
Solomon is married to Kent Sepkowitz, an infectious-disease specialist and the Deputy Physician-in-Chief at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a frequent contributor to various publications.[3] They have two sons.
References
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (December 16, 2007). "Questions For". New York Times. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "Guggenheim Fellowship recipients list". Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "Articles by Kent Sepkowitz". The Daily Beast. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
External links
- Interviews by Deborah Solomon for the New York Times
- Article on Deborah Solomon in Good Magazine, February 14, 2007
- Arthur Danto's review of Solomon's Utopia Parkway, Slate, March 26, 1997
- Interview with Deborah Solomon in the New York Times Book Review, June 13, 2010
- Deborah Solomon talking about art criticism on WNYC radio
- Deborah Solomon page at Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- John Wilmerding's review of Solomon's "American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell," New York Times, October 31, 2013
- In-depth interview with Deborah Solomon in Guernica Magazine, January 15, 2014.
- Deborah Solomon's television appearance on "The Colbert Report," on January 14, 2014
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