Carlo McCormick

American pop culture critic, curator, educator and essayist who lives and works in New York City (b. 17 May 1960). Carlo McCormick has lectured on popular culture and contemporary art at universities across the United States, authoring several books, monographs and catalogs. He worked as a Senior Editor of Paper Magazine and wrote for Artforum, High Times, Spin Magazine, Tokion Magazine, VICE and other publications. In 1985, McCormick curated the Tellus #8 - USA / Germany issue of New York's Tellus Audio Cassette Magazine. In 2006, he was a guest curator of "The Downtown Show: the New York Art Scene from 1974 to 1984" exhibition, originally held at New York University's Grey Art Gallery and later presented at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the Austin Museum of Art in Texas. Since 1985, Carlo McCormick has been married to filmmaker and writer Tessa Hughes-Freeland.