Robin Simon (critic): Difference between revisions

Simon was a tenured academic at the [[University of Nottingham]], teaching both English Literature and Art History, and was then Director of the Institute of European Studies in London before becoming editor of ''[[Apollo]]'' magazine in 1990. He has written and lectured extensively on Italian art of the fourteenth century and on British art, especially eighteenth-century, theatre and music, and on the history of cricket. He has been art critic of the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' since 1987.<ref name="FA">{{cite web|url=http://www.fletcherassociates.net/Fletcher_Associates/Robin_Simon_Biog.html|title=Robin Simon|publisher=Fletcher Associates|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref> Since 2007 he has been Visiting Professor in the Department of English at [[University College London]]. In January 2013 he was outspoken about the first [[Portrait of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]], calling it "rotten".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2260655/Kate-Middleton-Rotten-official-portrait-Duchess-Cambridge-artist-Paul-Emsley-unveiled.html#ixzz2HfRSVdgZ|title='Fortunately, she looks nothing like that in real life': 'Rotten' first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge by artist Paul Emsley is unveiled|publisher=''[[Daily Mail]]''|date=11 January 2013|accessdate=11 January 2013}}</ref>

 

 

==Selected books and publications==