"Haydn would supposedly wear a ceremonial wig when he composed." Jonathan Cott in The Complete Rolling Stone Interview Dear Ignacio, How beautiful to hear about your travels. I’m travelin…

Ignacio Szmulewicz and I met a few weeks ago in person at the central station in Berlin. He had a few hours time before travelling further to Prague. It's special when meeting your pen pal, isn't …

This is the 12th letter in a correspondence with art writer Ignacio Szmulewicz, who just WhatsApped me that he's dwelling in Madrid.  Mladen Stilinović, An Artist Who Cannot Speak English Is No Ar…

Are books important for art writer Ignacio Szmulewicz? I've never thought about the sounds, smells, movements connected to reading. But Ignacio doesn't. Here it is, another  open letter from our s…

This is the 10th letter in a series of letter writing about art between Ignacio Szmulewicz and me. I've never met Ignacio in person but yesterday we did speak on Skype (only with voice, neither of u…

Ignacio Szmulewicz and I have never met but we talk about the weather as if we are old friends. Any letter should have an update about the weather, don't you think? Even those of art critics. This is …

What do you tell people when they ask you why you became an art critic and not an artist? This question Ignacio Szmulewicz asked me last week in our ongoing series of open letters about art writing. Wel…

This is an ongoing correspondence about art writing between Ignacio Szmulewicz and me. You can read the whole series here . Poster The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Dear An,  I just finished watc…