Walter Robinson, Gimlet-Eyed Critic and Sharp-Sighted Painter, Dies at 74

Walter Robinson, whose singular paintings and pithy writings made him a cornerstone of the New York art scene, has died at 74. His death was confirmed on Facebook by his brother John Robinson. On X, critic Deborah Solomon reported that Robinson died of cancer.Robinson was a behemoth in New York—a person whose art was known to many, who befriended a multitude of famous artists, and whose writing was at one point read by just about anybody who mattered in the city’s art world. Even tho