Rene Ricard

Artist, poet, writer and art critic Rene Ricard has died. Rene was frighteningly smart and brutally honest. If he liked your work, it meant a lot.
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Artist, poet, writer and art critic Rene Ricard has died. Rene was frighteningly smart and brutally honest. If he liked your work, it meant a lot.

Many people cared about Rene, but some artists and their families were devoted to him... the Clementes, the Schnabels, and the Mardens come to mind.

Every Rene encounter was a reminder of how truly remarkable he really was.

His death is a huge loss. RIP, Rene Ricard.

This portrait was taken on March 24th, 1982 for my "Art Critics" series. That Rene loved it always meant a lot to me.

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Photo © Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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