Writer, critic and editor covering art, culture and ideology.
Will Fenstermaker is currently a contributing editor at Totei, a new arts and culture publication.
Previously he was Sotheby’s senior editor and head of editorial, US and Europe, and an editor and producer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he launched and edited the museum’s online magazine. He has held additional editorial positions at Frieze, TheGuide.art and The Brooklyn Rail, and he now runs the editorial studio Kaput Media.
A native New Yorker, Will lives in Los Angeles.
Writing
Artforum• BOMB• The Brooklyn Rail• Dear Dave• Dissent• Family Style• Frieze• TheGuide.art• Los Angeles Review of Books• The Los Angeles Times• The Nation• The Paris Review• T Magazine• Totei
Editorial
- ToteiCurrent
- Contributing Editor
- Sotheby’s2022–2025
- Head of Editorial, US & EU • Senior Editor
- Frieze2024–2025
- Contributing Writer • Interim Reviews Editor
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2017–2022
- Editor
- TheGuide.art2021
- Exhibitions Editor
- The Brooklyn Rail2017–2019
- Associate Editor
Honors
- Andy Warhol Foundation2023
- Arts Writers Grant, Short-Form Criticism
- International Awards for Art Criticism2023
- Shortlist
- The Brooklyn RailMarch 2021
- Guest Critic
Service
- The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts2023
- Visiting Critic
- AICA-USA2018–2022
- Board Member • Treasurer • Secretary
- CUE Art Critic Mentorship Program2019
- Mentor
- NARS Foundation2018
- Visiting Critic
Education
- School of Visual Arts2015–2016
- MFA, Art Criticism & Writing
- The George Washington University2009–2013
- BA, English Literature & Creative Writing