“As I made my way through 'On Line,' the austere, stridently dogmatic, sometimes revelatory exhibition 'about line' at MoMA, I found myself thinking, 'Someone please wake me when the seventies are over!' In the empire of curators, the sun never sets on the seventies. It is the undead decade.”

American art critic and journalist, 1958–present Saltz is best known for his incisive writing on contemporary art, particularly his coverage of emerging and established artists in publications like *New York Magazine* and *Vogue*. His work bridges high and popular culture, offering sharp, accessible critiques of visual art and its broader cultural significance.