Barry Schwabsky is the art critic of The Nation, where he has been writing regularly since 2005. His books include The Widening Circle: Consequences of Modernism in Contemporary Art.

Sponsored by: LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting, part of The Middle Years artist talks series.

Image: Barry Schwabsky photographed by Mathias Augustyniak Poetry Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, 2009 © M/M (Paris).