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    I'm the "Critical" in "Strictly Critical."

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    I’ve been the art critic of the Washington Post and Newsweek, and now I contribute to the New York Times. I’ve written biographies of Warhol and Albert Barnes. I've made a living writing about art and artists. What could be better than that?

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