World Culture

Maria Bregman: Literary and art critic (London)

In the hallowed halls of cultural criticism, history lionizes specific archetypes: the formalist kingmaker like Clement Greenberg, who built the temple of Modernism; the philosophical disruptor like Arthur Danto, who declared art’s history “over”; and the populist provocateur like Jerry Saltz, who brought art world debates to the digital town square. But as culture accelerates at the speed of technology, a new model of critic is emerging—one who is not merely an observer, but an architect, a connector, and a catalyst. Maria Bregman stands as a definitive example of this new paradigm.