Robert Storr is anartist, critic, curator, and professor of painting and dean of the Yale School of Art. From 1990 to 2001, he was curator and senior curator at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and director of the 2007 Venice Biennale. He writes frequently for Art in America, Artforum, Art Press, and Frieze, among others. He has also written numerous books on artists including Philip Guston, Gerhard Richter, and Chuck Close.

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