Eleanor Heartney

Eleanor Heartney
Born1954 (age 69–70)
United States
EducationUniversity of Chicago
Occupation(s)Art critic, curator, art historian, editor
AwardsChevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2008)

Eleanor Heartney (born 1954)[1] is an American art critic, curator,[2] art historian, and editor, active in New York City. She has written for several publications including Art in America, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ARTNews, and the New Art Examiner;[3] and she has authored books.[4][5] She wrote about depictions of the apocalypse in her book, Doomsday Dreams (2019).[6]

Heartney won the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association in 1992, and the French government's Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award in 2008.[3][7][8]

Publications

  • Critical Condition: American Culture at the Crossroads (1997)[9]
  • Postmodernism (2001)[10]
  • Defending Complexity: Art, Politics and the New World Order (2004)
  • Postmodern Heretics; The Catholic Imagination in Contemporary Art (2004)[11]
  • City Art; New York's Percent for Art Program (2005)
  • The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium (2013)[7]
  • Art & Today (2013)
  • Renée Radell – Web of Circumstance (2016)[12]
  • Doomsday Dreams (2019)[6]

References

  1. ^ Lorente, J. Pedro (April 1, 2020). Great Art Critics (1750-2000). Mimesis International. p. 167. ISBN 978-88-6977-256-6 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Collection Shows Religious Influences on Regional Art: Creative Spirit". Lexington Herald-Leader. January 16, 2005. p. 43. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Award-winning Arts Writer Eleanor Heartney to Speak March 5th". Asheville.com. 2011.
  4. ^ "Writer to Discuss Artists' Use of Media". News and Record. November 11, 1989. p. 11. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lecture to Feature New York Art Critic". The South Bend Tribune. February 24, 2008. pp. D5. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Rose, Barbara (February 5, 2020). "Eleanor Heartney with Barbara Rose". The Brooklyn Rail.
  7. ^ a b "Eleanor Heartney". Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts.
  8. ^ Orlan; Hegyi, Lóránd; Viola, Eugenio (2007). Orlan. Le Récit, The Narrative (in French). Charta. p. 306. ISBN 978-88-8158-652-3 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Cone, Michèle C. (Spring 1998). "Eleanor Heartney, "Critical Condition: American Culture at the Crossroads" (Book Review)". Art Journal. 57 (1). New York City, NY – via ProQuest.
  10. ^ "Perspective Produces View of Art". The Tampa Tribune (book review). July 29, 2001. p. 106. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Heretics: Focus on the Physical Body Often Gets Artists in Trouble". The Kansas City Star. May 16, 2004. p. 97. Retrieved May 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Testimony to a Catholic Existentialist". The Russell Kirk Center (book review). March 19, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2024.