Rothko on Rothko
May 15, 2006 · Hilton Kramer, Magazine, Books and Arts
Writings on Art
Art and Cultural Critic
Hilton Kramer
2 articles 1998–2006
Hilton Kramer was an influential art critic and cultural commentator who founded The New Criterion in 1982 and previously served as chief art critic for The New York Times. He contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard on art and cultural topics, including writings on Mark Rothko and The New Yorker editor William Shawn. Kramer was known for his forceful defense of modernist art and his critiques of political correctness in the cultural sphere.
MR. SHAWN, HE DEAD
June 29, 1998 · Hilton Kramer, Magazine, Books and Arts
Of the many stories about William Shawn in his last years as editor of the New Yorker, my favorite concerns Henry Fairlie. A highly regarded journalist in London for many years (and generally credited with having coined the term "Establishment"), Fairlie was living in Washington when he came to…