Robin Givhan, The Washington Post’s senior critic-at-large, has been honored as one of the recipients of the 2024 Rabkin Prize.

According to The Post: “The prize, administered by The Rabkin Foundation, is awarded annually to celebrate the creative and intellectual contributions of today’s visual arts writers. An independent jury chooses the winners from nominees identified by a foundation-selected committee. “It goes without saying what a great writer Robin Givhan is!” the jury commented. “She weaves the personal and aesthetic together in a way that is truly masterful, giving the reader insight without overstepping into or projecting onto the way of being of the artists she writes about.”

In an interview with The Rabkin Foundation, Givhan was asked about her work.  She responded: “One of the things I would always say is I thought a lot of my columns were helping people figure out why their gaze lingered on something for an extra beat, or why it made them do a double take, or why they saw something and it made them feel uncomfortable and they weren’t quite sure why. Arts writers really help put coherence and logic behind emotions, and often really chaotic emotions. Right now, we are living through incredibly chaotic times, and arts writers are really positioned well to help us make sense of the chaos.”

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