Valerie Steiker grew up in New York City & attended Harvard College. She has lived in Paris - where she worked on the curatorial staff of the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - & has studied acting at Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. Before becoming a reviews editor at ArtForum, she was on the editorial staff of the New Yorker, where she wrote book reviews & covered the local arts scene in the "Goings on about Town" section. Her writing has also appeared in ArtNews, Metropolis, The Forward, The New York Times Book Review & Departures. She currently lives in New York.
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