John Perreault

new art of all kinds: from Minimalism and earth art to realist painting; from pattern painting to performance art; from street works to ceramics and design. As a young poet, I began as a critic by writing short reviews for ArtNews when it was the Artforum of its day, graduated to articles, and then as a free-lancer went on to write for more publications than I can list here. I have been president of the American Section of the International Association of Art Critics. Currently I am on the editorial advisory board of Sculpture magazine and am a trustee of the Tiffany Foundation. I wrote a book for Abrams on the watercolors of Philip Pearlstein and am now editing a three-volume anthology of my collected writings. I have also been a museum curator, an arts administrator, and professor of art history: all examples of what a poet, artist, and art critic such as myself sometimes has to do to make a living. However, I have enjoyed all these day jobs and in the process learned a great deal that now informs my art criticism. If you crave more details, my website johnperreault.com might be helpful.