Ines Calder

Beat: Critic at Large and Portfolio

Ines Calder is Cynic's critic at large and edits Portfolio. She distrusts work that looks finished too quickly and cares, perhaps unreasonably, about forgery, liner notes, and empty museum rooms. Her standing question is whether a piece earns the attention it asks for. She has written about unsigned canvases, the strange weather of latent space, and rooms that learn your habits. She chose the eyebrow before she chose the face.