POSITIONS HELD
Michigan Journalism Fellowship (University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, MI)
Fellow, 2000-2001
One-year sabbatical awarded to mid-career professional print and broadcast journalists,
allowed me to conduct independent study on freedom of expression and modern art.
Participated in seminars with notable persons including newsman Mike Wallace, NPR
President Kevin Klose, philanthropist George Soros, artist Hans Haacke, and others.
Lectured on contemporary art to MFA students in the School of Art and Design. Immersed
myself in the city’s cultural life, read widely, practiced figure drawing, and
developed ties with an international network of colleagues. Director: Charles Eisendrath.
The Art Newspaper (London, UK)
NY Correspondent, 1991-present.
Contributions now numbering more than 500 pieces include museum and gallery exhibition
reviews, news reports and analyses of the international art world, industry-wide surveys,
interviews with museum directors, curators, collectors, dealers, and lawmakers, and book
reviews. Articles in translation frequently appear in the paper’s affiliates: Il
Giornale dell'Arte (Turin, Italy), Le Journal des Arts (Paris, France), and El
Periodico de Arte (Madrid, Spain). Visit JasonKaufman.com
for complete list of published articles. Immediate supervisor: Anna Somers Cocks,
Editor-in-chief.
The ARTnewsletter, a publication of ARTnews (New York, NY)
New York Correspondent, 1994-1998.
Reported on the art market, collecting, museum acquisitions, and legal issues. Visit JasonKaufman.com for complete list of published
articles. Immediate supervisor: Barbara Pollack, Editor.
The Journal of Art (New York, NY)
Senior Editor, 1990-1991.
Wrote numerous exhibition reviews and news articles, commissioned and edited work by
leading art historians (Jonathan Brown, Colin Eisler, Lorenz Eitner, Walter Liedtke,
Graham Reynolds, Gary Schwartz, and others), developed and maintained an international
network of art correspondents whose work I assigned and edited. Visit JasonKaufman.com for complete list of published
articles. Immediate supervisor: Barbara Rose, Editor-in-chief.
New York City Tribune (New York, NY)
Art Critic, 1987-1990.
Reviewed all the major museum exhibitions in New York, Washington, DC, Philadelphia,
and Boston. Visit JasonKaufman.com for complete
list of published articles. Immediate supervisor: Patrick Martin, Culture Editor.
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ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
"An introduction to the arts and social capital in America," in Saguaro
VII: The Arts and Social Capital, Background Readings, June 11-13, 1999, The
Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School
of Government,
Cambridge, MA, pp. 1-13.
“An Interview with Gene Thaw" (collector/philanthropist) in From
Mantegna to Picasso: Drawings from the Thaw Collection at The Pierpont Morgan Library, New
York (The Pierpont Morgan Library, NY: 1996), pp. xiii-xv.
The British Museum, London, UK: Contract Writer for The American Friends of The British
Museum, 1994-1995.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC: Contract Writer for the videodisc "American
Art from the National Gallery of Art," 1993-1994.
(for complete list, visit JasonKaufman.com)
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FREELANCE ARTICLES IN:
AICA Newsletter (International Association of Art Critics,
American Section; New York, NY), The American Arts Quarterly
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY), The Appraiser (New York, NY), Art
& Antiques (New York), Art & Auction (New
York, NY), Artnet Magazine (artnet.com), ARTnews
(New York, NY), Artpapers (Atlanta, GA), Associated
Press (New York, NY), Atelier (Tokyo, Japan), The
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD), The Bergen Record
(Hackensack, NJ), Center for Experimental Perceptual Art Journal
(Buffalo, NY), Diario 16 (Madrid, Spain), Drawing
(New York, NY), Everything Art (artstar.com), Insight
Magazine (eart.com), Kalías: revista de arte
(IVAM Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno; Valencia, Spain), Latin American
Art (Scottsdale, AZ), Los Angeles County Museum of Art Graphic
Arts Council Newsletter (Los Angeles, CA), Los Angeles Times
(Los Angeles, CA), New Art Examiner (Chicago, IL), The
New York Sun (New York, NY), Review: Latin American Literature
and Arts (New York, NY), Saab Magazine (London,
UK), Sculpture (Washington, DC), Sculpture Review
(New York, NY), Smithsonian Magazine (Washington, DC), Spotlight
(New York, NY), The Springfield Republican (Springfield, MA), The
Standard-Times (New Bedford, MA), Times Literary Supplement
(London, UK), Ultimas Noticias (Caracas, Venezuela), The
Wall Street Journal (New York), The Washington Post
(Washington, DC), The Washington Times (Washington, DC), The
World & I (Washington, DC).
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OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, The Saguaro Seminar:
Civic Engagement in America, Cambridge, MA: Writer/Observer for session on “The arts
and social capital in America,” June 11-13,1999.
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC: Evaluator for the Visual Arts Program,
1993.
Program for Art on Film (A joint program of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The J. Paul
Getty Trust), New York, NY: Film Evaluation Panelist, 1993.
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TEACHING AND
LECTURING
University of Michigan, School of Art and Design, Ann
Arbor, MI: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Seminar: "Thinking about Making: Why Do We
Create?" Spring 2001.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Lecturer,
"The Role of the Art Critic," March 30, 2001. MFA Critiques: March 31, April 6,
12, 13, 2001.
Tate Modern, London, UK (International Association of Art
Critics/Goldsmiths College symposium "Visual Art, Visual Culture?"): Lecturer,
"The Rehang at the Tate Modern: Wither History?" Sept. 14, 2000.
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY: Lecturer,
"Museums, Missions, and Money: A Critic's View," Feb. 21, 2000.
Boston University, Boston, MA: Lecturer, "Art and
Politics: A Case Study of the 'Sensation' exhibition in Brooklyn," March 28, 2000.
ARCO, Feria International de ARte COntemporaneo, Madrid,
Spain: Panelist, "El Coleccionismo de Arte Contemporaneo Visto por los Criticos de
Arte," 1995.
Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA: Lecturer,
"Realism in the Abstract Age," 1995.
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, MI: Lecturer,
"Realism in Contemporary Art," 1992.
Franklin Adult/Community Education, Somerset, NJ:
Instructor in the History of Art, 1986.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Association of Museums (AAM)
Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art (AICA).
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EDUCATION
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ: M.A., Art History, 1987; Rutgers Graduate
Scholars Award, 1985, 1986.
The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY: B.A., Art History, 1984.
The University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy: Studies in Italian Art and Language, 1983.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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