David Cohen

David Cohen is editor and publisher of artcritical as well as founder-moderator of The Review Panel which takes place at the National Academy Museum and School of Art and is podcast here at artcritical. He was Gallery Director at the New York Studio School from 2001-10 and art critic and contributing editor at the New York Sun from 2003-08..

Born in London and educated at the University of Sussex and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, David wrote for leading newspapers and magazines in England and around the world before emigrating to the United States in 1999. His books include "Serban Savu" (Hatje Cantz verlag, 2011) and "Alex Katz Collages: A catalogue raisonné" (Colby College Museum of Art, 2005).

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Hilary Harkness, Red Sky in the Morning, 2010-11. Oil on panel, 37 x 42 inches. Courtesy the artist and Mary Boone Gallery, New York

Relentless Yet Dispassionate: Hilary Harkness at the Flag Art Foundation

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

A review nine years in the making of a show that closes this weekend


David Diao, 40 Years of His Art, 2013. Acrylic and vinyl on canvas, 40 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Postmasters

Towards A Sense of Closure: David Diao’s TMI at Postmasters

Friday, April 26th, 2013

The last day of show and space alike is Saturday, April 27.


Sandy Walker, Human Nature III, 2010. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Elizabeth Harris Gallery

A Pantheist Finds His Place: Sandy Walker at Elizabeth Harris Gallery

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

Expressionist landscapes of lyrical intelligence, through March 9,


Katherine Mangiardi, Rose (raised) Point Lace, 17th Century, 2012. Plaster and acrylic on canvas, 16 inches diameter. Courtesy of Bernarducci Meisel Gallery

Katherine Mangiardi at Bernarducci Meisel

Monday, February 4th, 2013

Paintings of Lace in the BMG First Look series


Winfred Rembert, Candy Soda, 2004. Dye on carved and tooled leather, 35 x 27 inches. Courtesy of Kinz + Tillou Fine Art

In From The Cold: The Outsider Art Fair

Saturday, February 2nd, 2013

At 20, the fair has a new owner, a new venue, and a renewed sense of vigor.


Works by Nathalie Du Pasqualier on view at DESAGA, Cologne, NADA, Miami Beach, 2012.

Notable at NADA

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Impressions from the Miami fair of the New Art Dealers Alliance


Nancy Grossman, Two Heads - Back and Front, 1968. Pen and ink on paper, 10 3/4 x 13 inches. Collection Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, © 1968 Nancy Grossman, courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY

Embattled Critic: Where Angels Fear To Tread

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Reviewing the reviews that caused the rumpus