Bob Pincus
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San Diego art critic, Dr. Robert L. Pincus, is open to interviews and media requests. He’s been featured or appeared in national news including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Huffington Post, Newsweek, and CBS.
Local outlets include Voice of San Diego, La Jolla Light, North County Daily Star, San Diego CityBeat, and the Del Mar Times.
He’s recently started a YouTube channel with his son called Art With Bob Pincus.
rlpincus@att.net
Photos by Melissa McClure Photography
Media and Press by Year
2024
Art Apéritifs with art critic and professor, Robert Pincus by Lauren Lynch Wemple for 21st & 18th on Substack, June 28
Local novelist, 76, turns her experience as a Latin American and Spanish art dealer into thrillers by Pam Kragen in the San Diego Union-Tribune on May 12, 2024
Lauren Smart, National art critic discusses Ciritical Mass 12, northwest Louisiana Arts by Brittney Hazelton on KSLA in Shreveport, Louisiana, April 27
A life shaped by art: USD professor Robert Pincus reflects on a career defined by creativity by Danielle Piscitelli for The USD Vista, volume 62, issue 11, December 12
2023
30 artists named 2023 Kresge Artist Fellows and Gilda Award winners, awarded $550,000 in The Kresge Foundation, June 29
ellen soffer: pink sky, The artspace exhibition of this northwest Louisiana artist will color your world, by Pat Viser in SB Magazine Online on March 9, 2023
Evocative Use Of Color Asks Something Of The Viewer on NWLA Artist Ellen Soffer in BayouLife Magazine
A lasting ‘Legacy’: The Oceanside Museum of Art celebrates 25 years with dual exhibitions of iconic works, by Seth Combs for The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 15
2022
SOLO Exhibition Opening; see some of the best in local art by Robert Streeter for KSLA News 12, September 9
New book and La Jolla exhibition take a fresh look at late local artist Faiya Fredman, by Seth Combs for the La Jolla Light, September 6
Patron Spotlight: Alice in Wonderland Artist DeLoss McGraw by Jessica Mejia for Richland Library, July 27
2021
Mingei museum opened in Balboa Park 25 years ago by Merrie Monteagudo for The San Diego Union-Tribune on August 8
At SDMA, local surrealist Ethel Greene gets her due within a thematic restructuring of the Balboa Park institution, by Seth Combs for The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 21
Meet Evie Erickson: Artist on Shoutout LA, May 13
A Mighty Presence, A Profound Loss: An Iconic Presence in San Diego Arts, Larry Baza by Rebecca Romani for The Buzz, March 2
2020
Obituary: San Diego artist Bob Matheny dies at 91 by Seth Combs for The San Diego Union-Tribune, May 15
2019
Critical Mass 8: Cultivating creativity and community by Pat Viser, June 6
National critic deems Critical Mass 7 series a ‘marvelous reality,’ for the Shreveport Times, April 6
Massive Art Exhibit, Studio Tours Take Guests Deep into Region’s Art Scene, by Tiana Kennell in the Shreveport Times, March 6
Exhibition Brings Out Best Artists in Shreveport, by Zyneria Byrd for ArkLaTexHomepage.com, March 6
Culture Crush Week: Live Performances, Massive Art Exhibits, Studio Tours and More, by Tiana Kennell in the Shreveport Times, March 1
Shreveporters Will Open Their Homes for Art Tour, by the staff at the Shreveport Times, February 7
2019 Juried Biennial Opens at William D. Canon Art Gallery, in the North County Daily Star, January 2
2018
Cannon Gallery 2018 Juried Biennial, by Patricia Frischer for SDVisualArts.net, December 1
Public Art Proposal Was the Last Straw for Environmentalists, by Kinsee Morlan for Voice of San Diego, Octcober 16
A Portrait of the Artists, by CityBeat Staff on Jennifer G. Spencer’s The Artist Portrait Project: A Photographic Memoir of Portrait Sessions with San Diego Artists, July 18
A local take on ‘Humans of New York:’ Downtown artists celebrated in new photography book, in San Diego Downtown News by SDCNN staff, June 4
East County Artists Celebrated in New Photography Book, by Jennifer Coburn in East County Magazine, May 16
Mentioned in La Jolla Light’s Best Best for Events: May 3
Nationally-renowned critics have eyes on northwest Louisiana by Tiana Kennell for the Shreveport Times, February 21
Shreveport arts council awards 3 artist fellowships, in the Shreveport Times, January 24
Ed Moses, ‘Cool School’ painter who helped forge L.A.’s art scene, dies at 91, by Deborah Vankin and Suzanne Muchnic for the Los Angeles Times, January 18
2017
San Diego’s Art Community Loses Its Voice, by John Seed for the Huffington Post, December 6
In Conversation: Susan Larson with Phong Bui, for The Brooklyn Rail, November 2
Artists to showcase work at ‘Art at the Farm’ Friday for Minden Pres-Herald, April 4
25 NWLA artists you need to be collecting now in the Shreveport Times on March 30
Collecting Art? Easier than you Think, by the staff at the Shreveport Times, March 29
Mentioned in March 30: Event Briefs in Rancho Santa Fe Review
Mentioned in Best Best for events: Mach 30 in La Jolla Light
Mentioned in La Jolla’s Best Best for events: Mach 2 in La Jolla Light
San Diego’s Art Scene Can’t Stop Asking Itself: ‘What’s Wrong With Me? by Kinsee Morlan for Voice of San Diego, February 16
Port ready to kiss giant statue goodbye: “Unconditional Surrender” couple may get one more extension before leaving by Roger Showley for The San Diego Union-Tribune on February 11
2016
A Best of 2016 List (of sorts): Breaking down some of the year’s best (and not so best) artistic statements in San Diego CityBeat by Seth Combs, October 18
Why the Bill Walton Statue Doesn’t Fly With the Airport, by Kinsee Morlan for Voice of San Diego, September 30
2015
Culture Report: When a Wall Becomes a Window, by Kinsee Morlan for Voice of San Diego, September 22
Kristina Bell DiTullo selected for the Athenaeum’s annual juried exhibition, by Kinsee Morian for San Diego CityBeat, July 28
La Jolla’s Athenaeum Music & Arts Library to showcase local talent in August exhibits in La Jolla Light on July 29
History Halted: Oceanside Museum of Art cancels an exhibition based on the writings of Robert L. Pincus in San Diego CityBeat by Kinsee Morian, July 20
The Unconventional Collector, by Tina Kennell for the Shreveport Times, June 17
Artists set for Athenaeum’s annual juried show: More than 1,100 images submitted by San Diego artists; 41 artists chosen by James Chute for The San Diego Union-Tribune, August 24
Robert Pincus on the hard-knock world of contemporary art, by Rita Kohn for Nuvo, February 27
A Brief History of Wacky Waterfront Projects by Randy Dotinga for Voice of San Diego on February 6
2014
Where to Look: On Arts Writing in Shreveport by Tori Bush for Pelican Bomb, September 4
Art critic Robert Pincus tours Steve Culp’s studio [VIDEO] in Shreveport Times, August 7
Lecture series in La Jolla to explore ideas on sustainable art and design in La Jolla Light, January 24
Artist David Adey’s Ambitious New Solo Exhibit at La Jolla Gallery, by Angela Carone for KPBS, January 17
Also appears on Patch
Bill Pierce is Pierce Williams is Radioactive Future by Revolt in Style, February 28
2013
Tara Smith named OMA chief curator by James Chute for The San Diego-Union Tribune, December 18
Robert Pincus, Art Critic, Writer: Behind the Scenes Conversations Interview with Cathy Breslaw, for Artful Life, November 8
Inside the new Central Library by Erin Menley for San Diego Magazine, October 18
Robert Pincus on The Future of Art Criticism, in SD Visual Arts, July 29
Downtown statue has people curious, by Erica Fox for Fox5, June 6
Arts Journalism in the Age of the HuffingtonPost, March 29
Art exhibit captures ‘Wonder of Women’ at Women’s Museum by Bonnie Burstein Hewitt for La Jolla Light, January 3
Women’s Museum celebrates inaugural exhibition by James Chute for The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 2
2012
Kissing Sailor Scheduled to Depart by Angela Carone for KPBS All Things Considered on January 4
2011
Waterfront’s Sky-Scraping ‘Wings:’ A Reader’s Guide by Randy Dotinga for The Morning Report on Voice of San Diego on November 28
Corn Mazes Can Be A-maize-ing, But Are They Art? by David Moye for The Huffington Post, September 25
A Poetry of Talking: a Conversation with David Antin in Poetry News from the Poetry Foundation, August 11
Blogging as Art Intervention, by Liesel Fenner for ArtsBlog by Americans for the Arts, April 13
Remembering Artist Italo Scanga by Maureen Cavanaugh and Angela Carone for KPBS All Things Considered on April 6
Pincus: ‘I Still Think There’s a Vacuum Here’ by Kelly Bennett for The Morning Report on Voice of San Diego, January 19
4-letter word describes book agent: deal: Sandy Dijkstra’s success is one for the books by Peter Rowe for The San Diego Union-Tribune on September 28
Newsmakers reflect on media glow by Peter Rowe for The San Diego Union-Tribune on February 25
2010
Getting Paid: Chicago art critics talk money, by Ania Szremski for F News Magazine, November 24
Arts blogger to San Diego Union-Tribune: ‘I’ll be taking all my free writing elsewhere,’ by Jim Romenesko for Poynter, November 8
San Diego’s Public Art Conversation Continues, by Angela Carone for KPBS, October 10
Artist, architect to speak at forum in La Jolla Light, September 17
Forward on arts, immigration by The San Diego Union-Tribune on August 31
Readers want San Diego Union-Tribune to reinstate art critic Robert Pincus, by David Ng for the Los Angeles Times, July 7
Union-Tribune editor defends arts coverage by John Wilkens for The San Diego Union-Tribune, July 10
San Diego’s Art Community Loses Its Voice by John Sneed for HuffPost, June 24
San Diego Loses An Important Voice in the Arts, by Angela Carone for KPBS, June 22
The San Diego Union-Tribune lays off art critic Robert Pincus by Kinsee Morlan for San Diego CityBeat on June 21
Critic to speak in Del Mar by Del Mar Times, April 7
Writing Criticism in Today’s Media World
A Homecoming for Richard Brautigan, by Michelle Quinn for The New York Times, February 1
2009 and before
Astrid Preston lives in Lux on Two Coats of Paint, February 24, 2008
Public Art Controversies, by Roxana Popescu for Newsweek, December 27, 2007
‘Art has always been my survival’: Painter faced a difficult recovery after car crash in The San Diego Union-Tribune on December 31, 2007
What is the Role of Public Art? for KPBS All Things Considered with Catherine Sass, Anthony Block, and Robert Pincus on March 28, 2007
Weekend Preview: Art Exhibitions and Dance with Janice Steinberg and Robert Pincus on KPBS on September 21, 2006
Speaking of the Arts: The Critics, a panel recorded at San Diego State University for KPBS TV chaired by Clarence “Beeb” Salzer, featuring music critic Martin Bernheimer, news editor Greg Palmer, art critic Robert Pincus, and theatre critic Ed Wilson on February 28, 1987
Critical MASS (Shreveport, LA)
National critics, artists, audiences flock to Critical Mass 9, by Tiana Kennell for the Shreveport Times, March 23, 2021
Critical Mass 6, by Pat Viser for 64 Parishes, Spring 2018
Nationally-renowned critics have eyes on northwest Louisiana, by Tina Kennell for the Shreveport Times, February 21, 2018
A massive exhibition reflecting on the energy, passion, and powerful talent of Northwest Louisiana artists, by Pat Viser for Know Louisiana, Spring 2018
Critical Mass 5 ‘Best of Show Artists’ Premier Solo Shows for Professional Review, press release by Artspace
Where to Look: On Arts Writing in Shreveport, by Tori Bush for Pelican Bomb, September 4, 2014
VIDEO: Art critic Robert Pincus tours Steve Culp’s studio, (1 min) for the Shreveport Times, August 7, 2014
Art critic series aims to raise profile of Shreveport-area artists, by Kate Archer Kent for New Orleans Public Radio, February 12, 2013
Poetic: Artists in a Visionary Mode
William D. Cannon Art Gallery Reopens with Poetic: Artists in a Visionary Mode on June 25, in Oside News, June 25, 2016
An Infographic by Glen Miranda
On the Seen: Robert Pincus, Meegen Nolan, and Lizbeth Price hip us to new artists, shows, and works, by Seth Combs for San Diego CityBeat, June 21, 2016
Interviews
Interview with Art Critic, Robert Pincus, in Fashion Art Review, March 2018
Robert Pincus, Art Critic, Writer: Behind the Scenes Conversations Interview with Cathy Breslaw, November 2013
Robert L. Pincus, Movers & Shakers by Pamela Jaeger
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