Paddy Johnson
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Paddy Johnson is a New York-based art critic, blogger, curator and writer. Johnson is the founder and editor of Art Fag City, which is an art blog
.
Born in Guelph, Ontario, Johnson was educated at Rutgers University
. She has slowly gained notoriety as an art critic
in the New York art scene. She is also known for her live coverage of major art fairs such as the Armory Show
, Venice Biennale
, Frieze Art Fair
, and Art Basel
in Miami and Switzerland.
She lives and works in Brooklyn, and she pens a regular column for L Magazine
in New York. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including ArtReview
, Art & Australia, Art in America
, artkrush, The Daily Beast
, FlashArt, Flavorpill, The Guardian
, The Huffington Post
, More Intelligent Life, New York Press, NYFA
Current, Print Magazine, The Reeler, Time Out NY.
She has worked with Location One as a visiting critic and attended the 2007 iCommons conference in Croatia as a blogger. In 2008, she served on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellowships and became the first blogger to earn a Creative Capital Arts Writers grant from the Creative Capital Foundation which is part of the Andy Warhol Foundation.
She contributed to the book ''I like your work: art and etiquette published by Paper Monument.
called "Sound of Art," a DJ battle record that compiles mixes based from sounds recorded in art spaces, galleries, and museums in Manhattan and Brooklyn, pitting the neighboring boroughs against each other.
Johnson raised over $11,000 with a Kickstarter
campaign to fund the project, calling upon sound art lovers and a cadre of collectors, even offering a dinner with herself and artist William Powhida
, a former art critic, to the highest bidder. Johnson predicts the project will spawn follow-up records, including East Coast vs. West Coast, and Canada vs. USA. Johnson told WNYC
's Carolina Miranda that the Brooklyn recordings sound more DIY.
Art blog
An art blog is a common type of blog that comments on art. More recently, as with other types of blogs, some art blogs have taken on 'web 2.0' social networking features...
.
Born in Guelph, Ontario, Johnson was educated at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
. She has slowly gained notoriety as an art critic
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
in the New York art scene. She is also known for her live coverage of major art fairs such as the Armory Show
Armory Show
Many exhibitions have been held in the vast spaces of U.S. National Guard armories, but the Armory Show refers to the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art that was organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors...
, Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair that takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. The fair is staged by Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the publishers of frieze magazine...
, and Art Basel
Art Basel
Art Basel is an international contemporary art fair held each June in Basel, Switzerland. Similar to the Venice Biennale, it has been called "the Olympics of the art world". Art Basel features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa...
in Miami and Switzerland.
She lives and works in Brooklyn, and she pens a regular column for L Magazine
L Magazine
The L Magazine is a free bi-weekly magazine in New York City featuring investigative articles, arts and culture commentary, and event listings...
in New York. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including ArtReview
ArtReview
-Publication:ArtReview covers established and emerging artists in a mixture of international exhibition reviews, artist profiles, city art tours and artist commissions, including artist projects published as supplements to the regular edition of the magazine...
, Art & Australia, Art in America
Art in America
Art in America is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It is designed for collectors, artists, dealers, art professionals and other...
, artkrush, The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast
The Daily Beast is an American news reporting and opinion website founded and published by Tina Brown, former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker as well as the short-lived Talk Magazine. The Daily Beast was launched on October 6, 2008, and is owned by IAC...
, FlashArt, Flavorpill, The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
, More Intelligent Life, New York Press, NYFA
NYFA
The acronym NYFA can refer to:* New York Film Academy* New York Foundation for the Arts...
Current, Print Magazine, The Reeler, Time Out NY.
She has worked with Location One as a visiting critic and attended the 2007 iCommons conference in Croatia as a blogger. In 2008, she served on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation New Media Fellowships and became the first blogger to earn a Creative Capital Arts Writers grant from the Creative Capital Foundation which is part of the Andy Warhol Foundation.
She contributed to the book ''I like your work: art and etiquette published by Paper Monument.
Sound of Art
In November 2010 Johnson released an LPLP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
called "Sound of Art," a DJ battle record that compiles mixes based from sounds recorded in art spaces, galleries, and museums in Manhattan and Brooklyn, pitting the neighboring boroughs against each other.
Johnson raised over $11,000 with a Kickstarter
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an online threshold pledge system for funding creative projects. Kickstarter has funded a diverse array of endeavors, ranging from indie film and music to journalism, solar energy technology and food-related projects.-Model:...
campaign to fund the project, calling upon sound art lovers and a cadre of collectors, even offering a dinner with herself and artist William Powhida
William Powhida
William Powhida is a visual artist and former art critic born in 1976 in New York. His work addresses the contemporary art industry.Topics have included creating an "enemies" list as well as letters addressed to contemporary curators , collectors and critics, requesting recognition...
, a former art critic, to the highest bidder. Johnson predicts the project will spawn follow-up records, including East Coast vs. West Coast, and Canada vs. USA. Johnson told WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...
's Carolina Miranda that the Brooklyn recordings sound more DIY.
Contributors to Art Fag City (past and present)
Paddy Johnson has worked with several art writers since 2009.- Will Brand
- Julia Halperin
- Dave Harper
- Michelle Halabura
- Liza Eliano
- Marina Galperina