Kramer, Hilton

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KRAMER, Hilton

KRAMER, Hilton. American, b. 1928. Genres: Art/Art history. Career: Ed., New Criterion Magazine, NYC, 1982-. Art Critic, The New York Observer (weekly newspaper), 1987-. Associate Ed. and Feature Ed., Arts Digest, 1954-55; Managing Ed., 1955-58, and Ed., 1959-61, Arts Magazine; Art Critic, The Nation, 1962-63; Art Critic and Associate Ed., The New Leader, 1964-65; Art News Ed., from 1965, and Chief Art Critic, 1973-82, The New York Times. Publications: The Age of the Avant-Garde: An Art Chronicle of 1956-1972, 1973; The Revenge of the Philistines: Art and Culture 1972-84, 1985; The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War, 1999. EDITOR: The New Criterion Reader: The First Five Years, 1988; (co) Against the Grain, 1995. Address: c/o New Criterion, 900 Broadway Ste 602, New York, NY 10003, U.S.A.

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