Morgan Falconer

Morgan Falconer is a critic and art historian. After completing a PhD on art and culture in New York in the 1920s and 1930s, he worked as an art journalist and critic, first in London and later in New York. He has written about contemporary art for publications including The Times (London), Art Journal, The Economist, Frieze, The Burlington Magazine, The Village Voice, and Art in America. He has written catalogue essays on artists including Georg Baselitz (Gagosian, 2019), Ugo Rondinone (Ringier, 2018) and Alex Katz (Hannover Kestnergesellschaft, 2011). His research interests span Postminimalism, art criticism, and the avant-garde, and his books include Painting Beyond Pollock (Phaidon), a history of painting after 1945, and How to Be Avant-Garde (W.W. Norton), a biographical exploration of modern artists’ quest to end art.

Falconer received his PhD from University College London, his MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and his BA from the University of Leeds.