Profile
Nick Irvin is a Ph.D. candidate in Princeton’s Department of Art & Archaeology and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities (IHUM). He studies art, criticism, and periodicals in the Americas in the 20th century. His dissertation examines the “schools” of artists and activists that formed around Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros in the 1930s as he conducted workshops throughout the United States and Latin America. His research has been supported by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Princeton’s Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities.
Nick writes public-facing criticism for publications including May Revue, BOMB, Frieze, and Art in America. He also has an independent curatorial practice, which includes Song Cycle, an occasional, itinerant series that publishes books in tandem with exhibitions and events. His curatorial projects have been featured in The New York Times, Artforum, ArtNews, The Believer, and Frieze. He received a B.A. in Art History from Reed College.
Selected Publications
“The Opening Blow,” review of Bad Reviews: An Artists’ Book by 150 Artists (eds. Aleksandra Mir & Tim Griffin), BOMB, August 24, 2022.
“Edits and Projections,” review of Louise Lawler at 80WSE, May Revue no. 20, May 2021.
“Paradiso,” review of Richard Maxwell at Greene Naftali, May Revue no. 19, October 2018.
“Life: ★★★½,” profile on Gene Beery, Art in America, June 2016.
“Charlemagne Palestine at Yale Union,” Frieze no. 172, Summer 2015.
“Yuji Agematsu at Yale Union,” Art in America, September 2014.