In the appreciation of art, they say the eye is like a muscle. It needs training and regular workouts. Unfortunately, you could pass through an entire academic study of art history and never have the chance to look at great work up close. No wonder...

Sam Francis, Middle Blue (1957), courtesy of Glenstone THE NEW CRITERION November 2009 Gallery chronicle by James Panero On “Sam Francis: 1953–1959”at L&M Arts; “Jay Milder: Recent Work” at Lohin Geduld Gallery; “Abby Leigh:...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesgrayking/ / CC BY-NC 2.0 In 1992 when I was sixteen I worked as an aid worker in Kenya alongside my best man and marathoner David Spitz through a program called Global Routes. The organization still runs many...

James writes: A 2009 senior at Trinity School, George Alpert, has written a profile of me for a tricentenary publication produced by the school. I could not have said it better myself. Click the first two pages below for the complete article.

James writes: On August 31 I discussed my article "The Culture Crash: How Risky Investments Have Endangered New York's Leading Arts Institutions" on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. Here is the audio recording and below is a video of my studio...