Holland Cotter
Holland Cotter is an American writer and co-chief art critic with The New York Times. In 2009, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
Life and work
Cotter was born in
primitive art, which led to his first of many visits to Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.[2]
Cotter earned an MA in American
Art News.[1]
Cotter was a freelance writer for the New York Times from 1992 to 1997 before being hired as a full-time art critic in 1998.[1] Specifically hired for his expertise in Asian art,[4] he is credited with exposing contemporary Indian and Chinese art to a Western audience. Among his Pulitzer-winning pieces were ones written as a result of a trip to China prompted by the 2008 Summer Olympics, including an examination of the Chinese museum scene and an account of art at the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang.[4] In 2009, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Biography: Holland Cotter". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ a b Levitan, Rebecca J. (April 22, 2009). "Pulitzer Committee Honors Alumnus". Harvard Crimson. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ "Holland Cotter." The Complete Marquis Who's Who. Marquis Who's Who, 2010. Gale Biography In Context. Web. August 20, 2011.
- ^ a b Jalon, Allan M. (2008). "Object Lessons: Holland Cotter on truth, beauty, and critical Zen". Columbia Journalism Review. 47 (4): 67–9.
- ^ "Holland Cotter of The New York Times". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
External links
- Holland Cotter at The New York Times
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