Recent years have seen a revival in long-form journalism, as readers turn away from the flimsiness of much online content in search of more considered writing and criticism. Hence Even, a tri-annual print magazine dedicated to long-form art criticism, which launched this year with Jason Farago at the helm. The young New Yorker studied at Yale University and the Courtauld Institute before swiftly making his mark as one of the most incisive critics working in the States today. He serves as The Guardian’s US art critic and is a regular contributor to the New Yorker.
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