Walter Robinson
1950–2025
Introduction
Walter Rossiter Robinson III (July 18, 1950 – February 9, 2025), also known as Mike Robinson, was an American painter, publisher, art curator, and art writer, based in New York City. He was called a Neo-pop painter, as well as a member of the 1980s Pictures Generation. Robinson was the subject of the 632 page book A Kiss Before Dying: Walter Robinson – A Painter of Pictures and Arbiter of Critical Pleasures by Richard Milazzo published in 2021 with an Italian translation by Ginevra Quadrio Curzio.
Wikidata identifier
Q16145702
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Introduction
Active in New York City. Robinson was co-publisher of Art-Rite and later Artnet. He was known as a writer and critic but has maintained a parallel career as a painter.
Country of birth
United States
Roles
Artist, art critic, critic, editor, painter, photographer, writer
ULAN identifier
500091555
Names
Walter Robinson, III Walter Rossiter Robinson
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