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Walter Robinson is a New York artist and art critic. He has exhibited his work at several New York City galleries since the 1980s, including Haunch of Venison, Lynch Tham and Metro Pictures. "Walter Robinson: Paintings and Other Indulgences," a retrospective exhibition of 90 works dating from 1979 to 2012, opened in 2014 at the University Galleries at Illinois State University in Normal, IL, and traveled this winter to Moore College in Philadelphia; its final appearance was at Jeffrey Deitch in SoHo. He was also the founding editor of Artnet Magazine (1996-2012) and news editor at Art in America (1980-1996). He also served as art editor of the East Village Eye (1983-85) and co-published and co-edited Art-Rite magazine during 1973-77. Walter was also a correspondent for Art TV Gallery Beat, a public access television show in the late '90s, and a cofounder of Printed Matter, the New York bookstore devoted to publications by artists. Brian stopped by Walter’s Long Island City studio to talk about Oklahoma, SoHo in it’s prime, writing about art, pulp imagery and more. This episode is brought to you by Golden Paint and Charter Coffeehouse.