I'm a native New Yorker who studied biology and literature, not journalism, in school. Here's a career outline: Edited arts at the long-defunct Soho Weekly News in New York, then visual art and architecture (and plenty else) at the Village Voice -- with a short stint as managing editor of Artforum, where I later wrote. I was also the restaurant critic at the Voice (from 1979 to '95) and in that period contributed reviews and features in every arts/culture field save music. In 1997, I joined the Philadelphia Inquirer as fine arts editor, covering classical music, art, architecture, theater and dance (and also wrote a column on popular culture and gay issues).
Most recently I edited arts and culture at Bloomberg News, but now cover art for Metro-NY and have a blog on artsjournal.com called Out There. If I know anything about criticism it's probably because I've been living with art critic and essayist John Perreault for more than three decades.
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