Jan Avgikos
Professional Title: Professor of Fine Arts
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Art History
Education: Mellon Fellow in graduate studies in art history at Columbia University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
Publications:
- Artforum International magazine, Contributing Editor
- Catalogue essays include Lili Dujourie (for the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels) and Matts Leiderstam (for the Magasin in Stockholm)
Fun Facts: I lecture regularly for the Dia Foundation for contemporary arts and at Sotheby’s in their graduate American Art program.
Jan Avgikos is a Contributing Editor with Artforum International magazine, where she regularly publishes reviews. She is widely published and her writings appear internationally in magazines, museum catalogues, and anthologies of critical writing. Recent and forthcoming texts include a monograph on Katy Grannan (Aperture Books), and essay on Roni Horn for Dia’s ongoing series of collected lectures from the Robert Lehman series. Recent and forthcoming catalogue essays include Lili Dujourie (for the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels) and Matts Leiderstam (for the Magasin in Stockholm).She is a recipient of the Frank Jewett Mather, awarded by the College Art Association for distinction in arts criticism, and was a Mellon Fellow in graduate studies in art history at Columbia University. Ms. Avgikos is an adjunct member of the faculty for the graduate visual arts program at Columbia University, and the graduate visual arts program at NYU. She is also a professor at the School for the Visual Arts in Manhattan.