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{{Short description|American art historian, art critic and photographer}}
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'''Max Kozloff''' (born 1933) is an American Art Historian, [[art critic]] of modern art and photographer. He has been art editor at [[The Nation]], and Executive Editor of ''[[Artforum]]''. His essay, "American Painting During the Cold War" is of particular importance to the criticism on American [[Abstract Expressionism]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2007/nov/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview9|title=Picture perfect Max Kozloff charts the development of photographic portraiture in his astute study, The Theatre of the Face|date=17 November 2007|work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Guy | last=Lane}}</ref>
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'''Max Kozloff''' (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-25|title=Max Kozloff - Artists - Steven Kasher Gallery|url=https://www.stevenkasher.com/artists/max-kozloff|website=www.stevenkasher.com}}</ref> is an American art historian, [[art critic]] of modern art and photographer. He has been art editor at ''[[The Nation]]'', and Executive Editor of ''[[Artforum]]''. His essay "American Painting During the Cold War" is of particular importance to the criticism on American [[Abstract Expressionism]].<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/nov/17/featuresreviews.guardianreview9|title=Picture perfect Max Kozloff charts the development of photographic portraiture in his astute study, The Theatre of the Face|date=17 November 2007|work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Guy | last=Lane}}</ref>

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Kozloff received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] in 1968<ref name="gf">{{cite web|access-date=2021-07-25|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/max-kozloff/}}</ref> and an Infinity Award for Writing from the [[International Center of Photography]] in 1990.<ref name="icp">{{cite web|url=http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2461187/k.FD49/Past_Recipients_19851995.htm |title=Infinity Awards > Past Recipients 1985–1995 |publisher=International Center of Photography website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904054849/http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2461187/k.FD49/Past_Recipients_19851995.htm |archivedate=2007-09-04 }}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He graduated from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1953. Between 1954-1956 he served in the [[U.S. Army]], before returning to the University of Chicago for his [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] degree in 1958. He joined [[New York University]]'s [[New York University Institute of Fine Arts|Institute of Fine Arts]] in 1959, to pursue a [[Ph.D.]] degree and was subsequently awarded a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] for 1962-1963.
Kozloff was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. He graduated from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1953. Between 1954 and 1956 he served in the [[U.S. Army]], before returning to the University of Chicago for his M.A. degree in 1958. He joined [[New York University]]'s [[New York University Institute of Fine Arts|Institute of Fine Arts]] in 1959 to pursue a Ph.D. degree, and was subsequently awarded a [[Fulbright Fellowship]] for 1962–1963.


==Career==
==Career==
He started his career with a teaching position at [[New York University]] (NYU), and joined the Nation as art critic in 1961, where he worked until 1968, and Art International.
He started his career with a teaching position at New York University (NYU), and joined ''[[The Nation]]'' as art critic in 1961, where he worked until 1968, and ''Art International''.


In 1964, he left NYU without a degree and began working at [[Artforum]] as an associate editor. In 1965 he received an [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]] Fellowship, and in 1966, received the [[Frank Jewett Mather]] Award for art criticism from the [[College Art Association]] of America.<ref name="caa">{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeart.org/awards/matherpast|title=Awards|publisher=The College Art Association|accessdate=11 October 2010}}</ref> He became Artforum's contributing editor in 1967 and rose up to become its executive editor between 1975 and 1977. Meanwhile in 1976, he became an [[art photographer]], and in the following years held numerous shows and became a photography critic.
In 1964, he left NYU without a degree and began working at ''[[Artforum]]'' as an associate editor. In 1965 he received an [[Ingram Merrill Foundation]] Fellowship, and in 1966, received the [[Frank Jewett Mather]] Award for [[art criticism]] from the [[College Art Association]] of America.<ref name="caa">{{cite web|url=http://www.collegeart.org/awards/matherpast|title=Awards|publisher=The College Art Association|accessdate=11 October 2010}}</ref> He became ''Artforum'''s contributing editor in 1967 and rose to become its executive editor between 1975 and 1977. Meanwhile in 1976, he became an [[art photographer]], and in the following years held numerous shows and became a photography critic.


Kozloff has taught at several universities and institutions throughout his career. Some of his teaching activities include the University of Chicago's Downtown Center (1958-59), Cooper Union in New York (1959-60), Washington Square College at New York University (1960-61), and a workshop on Art Criticism for the American Federation of Arts in New York (1965).
He joined the faculty of [[School of Visual Arts]] in 1989. He also remained a faculty at the [[California Institute of the Arts]].


Kozloff also taught at Queens College, City University of New York (1968-69), Indiana University (1970), [[California Institute of the Arts]] in Burbank (1971), the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (1976 and 1985), and Yale University (1978 and 2005). In addition, he taught at the Chicago Art Institute (1981), Philadelphia College of Art (1983), University of California, San Diego (1984), University of California, Los Angeles (1988), and the School of Visual Art in New York's Masters Program in Photography and Related Media (1989-2000).
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He received the [[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1968|1968]] [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] and later the [[Infinity Awards|Infinity Award]] for [[Infinity Awards#Writing|Writing]] in 1990, given by the [[International Center of Photography]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.2461187/k.FD49/Past_Recipients_19851995.htm|title=Infinity Awards > Past Recipients 1985-1995|publisher=International Center of Photography website}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Kozloff married the artist [[Joyce Kozloff|Joyce Blumberg]] in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-07-25|title=Joyce Kozloff|url=https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/kozloff-joyce|website=Jewish Women's Archive}}</ref>
He married the artist Joyce Blumberg in 1967.

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In 1968, he signed the "[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.<ref>"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''</ref>


==Publications==
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In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.<ref>“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''</ref>
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* ''Jasper Johns'', Abrams (1972).
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* ''Cubism/Futurism'' (1973).
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* ''Photography & fascination: Essays'' (1979).
* ''The privileged eye'' (1987). {{ISBN|0-8263-0891-0}}
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* ''Leon Levinstein: the moment of exposure''. National Gallery of Canada, 1995. {{ISBN|0-88884-640-1}}.
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* ''Cultivated Impasses: Essays on the Waning of the Avant-Garde, 1964–1975'' (2000).
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* ''New York: Capital of Photography'' (2002). {{ISBN|0-300-09445-0}}.
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* ''The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900'' Phaidon, 2007. {{ISBN|978-0-7148-4372-8}}.<ref name="theguardian"/>
* ''Vermeer: A Study'' (2011). Rome: Contrasto. {{ISBN|978-88-6965-279-0}}.


==Selected works==
==Awards==
*[[List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1968|1968]]: [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] from the [[John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation]], New York City<ref name="gf"/>
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* ''Jasper Johns'', Abrams, 1972.
*1990: Infinity Award for Writing from the [[International Center of Photography]], New York City<ref name="icp"/>
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* ''Cubism/Futurism'' (1973)
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* ''Photography & fascination: Essays'' (1979)
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* ''Leon Levinstein: the moment of exposure''. National Gallery of Canada, 1995. ISBN 0-88884-640-1.
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* ''Cultivated Impasses: Essays on the Waning of the Avant-Garde, 1964-1975'' (2000)
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* ''New York: Capital of Photography'' (2002). ISBN 0-300-09445-0.
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* ''The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900'' (2007). Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-7148-4372-8.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website|www.maxkozloff.com}}
*[http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/kozloffm.htm Entry on Kozloff at Dictionary of Art Historians]
*[http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/kozloffm.htm Entry on Kozloff at Dictionary of Art Historians]


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Latest revision as of 15:34, 2 March 2024

Max Kozloff
Born1933 (age 91–92)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJoyce Kozloff
Academic background
Alma materNew York University Institute of Fine Arts
University of Chicago
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of art
InstitutionsSchool of Visual Arts
California Institute of the Arts
New York University
Websitewww.maxkozloff.com

Max Kozloff (born 1933)[1] is an American art historian, art critic of modern art and photographer. He has been art editor at The Nation, and Executive Editor of Artforum. His essay "American Painting During the Cold War" is of particular importance to the criticism on American Abstract Expressionism.[2]

Kozloff received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968[3] and an Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography in 1990.[4]

Early life and education

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Kozloff was born in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1953. Between 1954 and 1956 he served in the U.S. Army, before returning to the University of Chicago for his M.A. degree in 1958. He joined New York University's Institute of Fine Arts in 1959 to pursue a Ph.D. degree, and was subsequently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for 1962–1963.

Career

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He started his career with a teaching position at New York University (NYU), and joined The Nation as art critic in 1961, where he worked until 1968, and Art International.

In 1964, he left NYU without a degree and began working at Artforum as an associate editor. In 1965 he received an Ingram Merrill Foundation Fellowship, and in 1966, received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for art criticism from the College Art Association of America.[5] He became Artforum's contributing editor in 1967 and rose to become its executive editor between 1975 and 1977. Meanwhile in 1976, he became an art photographer, and in the following years held numerous shows and became a photography critic.

Kozloff has taught at several universities and institutions throughout his career. Some of his teaching activities include the University of Chicago's Downtown Center (1958-59), Cooper Union in New York (1959-60), Washington Square College at New York University (1960-61), and a workshop on Art Criticism for the American Federation of Arts in New York (1965).

Kozloff also taught at Queens College, City University of New York (1968-69), Indiana University (1970), California Institute of the Arts in Burbank (1971), the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (1976 and 1985), and Yale University (1978 and 2005). In addition, he taught at the Chicago Art Institute (1981), Philadelphia College of Art (1983), University of California, San Diego (1984), University of California, Los Angeles (1988), and the School of Visual Art in New York's Masters Program in Photography and Related Media (1989-2000).

Personal life

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Kozloff married the artist Joyce Blumberg in 1967.[6]

In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[7]

Publications

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  • Jasper Johns, Abrams (1972).
  • Cubism/Futurism (1973).
  • Photography & fascination: Essays (1979).
  • The privileged eye (1987). ISBN 0-8263-0891-0
  • Leon Levinstein: the moment of exposure. National Gallery of Canada, 1995. ISBN 0-88884-640-1.
  • Cultivated Impasses: Essays on the Waning of the Avant-Garde, 1964–1975 (2000).
  • New York: Capital of Photography (2002). ISBN 0-300-09445-0.
  • The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900 Phaidon, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7148-4372-8.[2]
  • Vermeer: A Study (2011). Rome: Contrasto. ISBN 978-88-6965-279-0.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "Max Kozloff - Artists - Steven Kasher Gallery". www.stevenkasher.com. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. ^ a b Lane, Guy (17 November 2007). "Picture perfect Max Kozloff charts the development of photographic portraiture in his astute study, The Theatre of the Face". The Guardian. London.
  3. ^ a b "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation". Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. ^ a b "Infinity Awards > Past Recipients 1985–1995". International Center of Photography website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-04.
  5. ^ "Awards". The College Art Association. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Joyce Kozloff". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  7. ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
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