Calvin Tomkins

Calvin Tomkins has written more than a dozen books, including The Bride and the Bachelors , Living Well Is the Best Revenge , Lives of the Artists , and the critically acclaimed biography, Duchamp . He lives in New York City with his wife, Dodie Kazanjian. "I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic."-- The New York Times Book Review "As chronicler of the avant-garde for The New Yorker , Calvin Tomkins has...See more

Calvin Tomkins has written more than a dozen books, including The Bride and the Bachelors , Living Well Is the Best Revenge , Lives of the Artists , and the critically acclaimed biography, Duchamp . He lives in New York City with his wife, Dodie Kazanjian. "I commend Calvin Tomkins, as Bernard Berenson did Vasari, for 'being a singularly warm, generous, and appreciative critic."-- The New York Times Book Review "As chronicler of the avant-garde for The New Yorker , Calvin Tomkins has specialized in rendering the esoteric doings of artists comprehensible."-- The Washington Post Book World See less