Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Downtown Los Angeles. A contributor to the Village Voice, Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications, she was the Arts Editor at LA Weekly until 2024. In May 2024, she launched 13ThingsLA on Substack, a weekly curated calendar of reviews and recommendations for the LA art world, presented by Hijinx Arts.She studied Art History at Vassar College, writes book and catalog essays, curates and juries exhibitions, is a dedicated Instagram photographer, and is the author of the experimental novella Zen Psychosis (2020, Griffith Moon). She speaks at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally, and is a recipient of the Rabkin Foundation Art Writing Prize, the MOZAIK Future Art Writers Grant, and the LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Critic of the Year Award.
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