Paddy Johnson

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Paddy Johnson is a New York-based art critic, blogger, curator and writer. Johnson is the founder and editor of the art blog Art F City (formerly called Art Fag City). Art F City publishes an annual calendar titled "Nude Artists as Pandas," featuring naked artists dressed up in panda costumes.[1][2][3][4]

Early life

Johnson was born in Guelph, Ontario. She was educated at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick and continued her education at Rutgers University. She has slowly gained notoriety as an art critic in the New York art scene. She is also known for her live coverage of major art fairs such as the Armory Show, Venice Biennale, Frieze Art Fair, and Art Basel in Miami and Switzerland.[citation needed]

Career

She pens a regular column for

Time Out
NY.

She has worked with

Andy Warhol Foundation. She has also served on a panel for ArtPrize.[9]

She contributed to the book what's the deal with all the peanut centric aeroplane snacks? published by Paper Monument.[citation needed]

In December, 2011, Johnson was named in a federal libel lawsuit in United States district court for a May, 2011 article she published in Art Fag City, which suggested an art restorer was a forger and committed crimes.[10]

Sound of Art

In November 2010 Johnson released an

boroughs
against each other. Johnson raised over $11,000]

See also

  • tART Artist Collective

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Paddy (November 18, 2014). "Order Your "Nude Artists as Pandas" Prints and Calendar Today". ArtFCity.
  2. ^ "Donate and Receive a Nude Artists as Pandas Print or Calendar".
  3. ^ Munro, Cait (November 17, 2014). "Artists Dress As Nude Pandas for Art F City Calendar". artnet news.
  4. ^ "Marc Swanson's in Art F City's panda calendar", Los Angeles Times, 2016, archived from the original on 30 October 2016
  5. ^ "Paddy Johnson - The Daily Beast". 2009-03-31. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2021-09-11.
  6. ^ Paddy Johnson (2009-05-05). "What next for the beleaguered Rose Art Museum? | rump". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  7. ^ "Paddy Johnson". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  8. ^ "Authors | 1843". June 20, 2014. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011.
  9. ^ "2008 Grants and Five-Year Renewal of Program". e-flux. February 21, 2009. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  10. ^ "CultureGrrl | Paddy Johnson of "Art Fag City" Blog (and 10 others) Sued by Controversial Art Authenticator". Artsjournal.com. 2011-12-12. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  11. ^ "The Sound of Art by Paddy Johnson » Updates — Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
  12. ^ Sutton, Benjamin (2010-09-28). "Paddy Johnson Discusses Her Sound of Art Project | The Measure | The L Magazine - New York City's Local Event and Arts & Culture Guide". The L Magazine. Retrieved 2014-02-18.

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