Amy Newman

Background

Amy Newman was born on March 11, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Seymour and Pearl Bloomowitz Newman.

Education

In 1970 Amy Newman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College. In 1971 she obtained a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.

Career

From 1974 to 1976 Amy Newman was an associate editor at Artnews Magazine, an assistant managing editor from 1976 to 1978, and a managing editor from 1978 to 1983. In 1985 and 1987 she served as an adjunct professor at Columbia University.

Since 1989 she has been an art consultant at Crauath Swaine & Moore. Since 1992 she also has served as an advisor at Riverside South Planning Corporation. Newman is a co-editor of Defining Modern Art: Selected Writings of Alfred H. Barr, Jr. (1986) and author of Challenging Art: Artforum 1962-1974 (2000).

Achievements

• Amy Newman is best known as the author of Challenging Art: Artforum 1962-1974. Her works received high praise from critics.

Works

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  • Defining Modern Art: Selected Writings of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.

    (Essays by the man who helped found the Museum of Modern A...)

    1986
  • Challenging Art: Artforum 1962-1974

    ("Newman’s book [makes] the activities of a handful of mag...)

    2000

Connections

On July 18, 1976, Amy Newman married Max Rees Shulman. They have two children: Sam Carroll Shulman, Hannah Eve Shulman.

Father:

Seymour Newman

Mother:

Pearl Bloomowitz Newman

Spouse:

Max Rees Shulman

Daughter:

Sam Carroll Shulman

Daughter:

Hannah Eve Shulman

References

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