Lauren
O’Neill-Butler is
a New York-based writer and editor. Her books include The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America (Verso, 2025) and Let’s Have a Talk: Conversations
with Women on Art and Culture (Karma, 2021). She has written for Aperture, Art Journal, Bookforum, and The New York Times, among many others, and has also contributed essays to many exhibition catalogues. She recieved a Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant in 2020 and the Beverley Art Writers Travel Grant in 2023.
She holds graduate degrees in art history and philosophy, and has been a visiting critic at Cooper Union, Stony Brook University, USC, Rutgers, Yale, and the University of Chicago. She is currently a part-time faculty member at Hunter College and the New School and has previously taught courses at the School of Visual Arts and RISD. She’s a member of ACT-UAW Local 790 and PSC-CUNY. She was a cofounder of the nonprofit magazine November and Senior Editor of Artforum magazine from 2008 to 2019.
She’s on Bluesky here. Please feel free to be in touch with any questions.
She holds graduate degrees in art history and philosophy, and has been a visiting critic at Cooper Union, Stony Brook University, USC, Rutgers, Yale, and the University of Chicago. She is currently a part-time faculty member at Hunter College and the New School and has previously taught courses at the School of Visual Arts and RISD. She’s a member of ACT-UAW Local 790 and PSC-CUNY. She was a cofounder of the nonprofit magazine November and Senior Editor of Artforum magazine from 2008 to 2019.
She’s on Bluesky here. Please feel free to be in touch with any questions.