Robert Pincus-Witten

Robert Pincus-Witten
Born
Robert Alfred Pincus

(1935-04-05)April 5, 1935
New York City, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 2018(2018-01-28) (aged 82)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationsArt historian, art critic, curator, professor
SpouseLeon Hecht (m. 2013)

Robert Pincus-Witten (April 5, 1935 – January 28, 2018) was an American art critic, curator and art historian. Pincus-Witten is recognized for having created the term "Post-Minimalism" to characterize a variety of concepts and methods that began to emerge in the late 1960s as a reaction against the prevailing, detached Minimalism.

In addition to writing for Artforum for 50 years, Pincus-Witten curated exhibitions at the Gagosian Gallery and was the director of exhibitions at C&M Arts (now Mnuchin Gallery). He also wrote several books, including Postminimalism, Eye to Eye: Twenty Years of Art Criticism and Postminimalism Into Maximalism: American Art, 1966-1986.

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