Calvin Tomkins

Calvin Tomkins writes that recognition for the American sculptor, who is representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale, may have come late but it seems foreordained.

Calvin Tomkins profiles the artist Kerry James Marshall, a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, history painting, and other genres of the Western canon.

Calvin Tomkins writes about Ed Ruscha, the Los Angeles-based modern artist who made a name for himself, in the nineteen-sixties, with paintings of words.

William Kentridge’s rough magic.

Old Masters, pornography, and the work of John Currin.

Robert Rauschenberg’s new life.

Serra carries the art of sculpture into new areas, taking great risks and pulling them off, Calvin Tomkins writes.

Calvin Tomkins on John McEnroe, the four-time U.S. Open champion known for his tennis genius and bad behavior on the court.

Cindy Sherman’s gentle personality makes her disturbing photographs all the more mysterious and unforgettable, Calvin Tomkins writes.

Calvin Tomkins spends time with Philippe Petit, the high-wire artist who walked between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, in New York.

Calvin Tomkins on the artist’s life in his favorite city—the place where he felt freer and more at home than anywhere else.

Calvin Tomkins’s 1974 profile of Julia Child, the co-author of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” who was celebrated for her down-to-earth cooking style on the hit television program “The French Chef.”

Calvin Tomkins’s 1974 Profile of the painter, reported from Ghost Ranch, in New Mexico.

Calvin Tomkins’s Profile of the influential and controversial choreographer Merce Cunningham explores his signature style of movement and his impact on modern dance.

Calvin Tomkins profiles the architect, inventor, and visionary.

Calvin Tomkins on Gerald and Sara Murphy, the couple who inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Tender Is the Night.”