Select Articles, Reviews, and Talks
2026
Under the Influence: Joan Snyder on Alexej von Jawlensky, Laurie Anderson, and More. Artforum
Joan Snyder & Rachel Cusk in conversation, moderated by Lauren Elkin. Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Joan Snyder Interview by Katy Hessel, The Great Women Artists Podcast
2025
Joan Snyder Interview by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament. Talk Art podcast
Miranda Boulton Talks With Joan Snyder. Turps Magazine
Joan Snyder: Thaddaeus Ropac. Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, Artforum
Joan Snyder’s Abstract Landscapes Dismantle Expectations. Ellen Mara De Wachter, Frieze
Joan Snyder by Kendall DeBoer. BOMB
2024
Body & Soul’: Six Decades of Joan Snyder’s Transformative Abstraction. Ana Novi, Whitewall
At 84, Joan Snyder Keeps Creating Bold New Work. Devorah Lauter, Artnet
Joan Snyder on her first blue-chip show, roses, and the glass ceiling. Anny Shaw, The Art Newspaper
At 84, Joan Snyder Is Still Energized by Her Bold Feminist Painting. Gabrielle Schwarz, Artsy
Joan Snyder hates art openings and hates going out. Rose Courteau, Plaster
Painting the Roses Red. Barry Schwabsky, Art in America
The Passions of Joan Snyder. Faye Hirsch, Hyperallergic
Work of the Week: ‘Trio’ by Joan Snyder. Katya Kazakina, Artnet
Joan Snyder’s brilliant command of Chaos. Abshalom Jac Lahav, Two Coats of Paint
The Approval Matrix: Week of January 15, 2024. Dominique Pariso and Chris Stanton, New York Magazine
Here Are the 11 Must-See Exhibitions Opening in New York This January. Julia Halperin, Cultured
8 Art Shows We Can’t Wait to See in 2024. Jerry Saltz, Vulture
2022
Painting in New York: 1971-83. Ksenia Soboleva, The Brooklyn Rail
Joan Snyder: Franklin Parrasch. Donald Kuspit, Artforum
Joan Snyder: To Become a Painting. Norman Kleeblatt, The Brooklyn Rail
2021
Joan Snyder Zooms with the Zimmerli. Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Woodstock Masters: Joan Snyder interviewed by Franklin Parrasch. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2020
Joan Snyder: The Summer Becomes a Room. William Corwin, The Brooklyn Rail
Joan Snyder: Painting from the inside out. Jason, Andrew, Two Coats of Paint
Ablaze With Art: Thriving Galleries in Lower Manhattan. Will Heinrich, The New York Times
NYC-ARTS Choice: Joan Snyder’s ‘Smashed Strokes Hope’. NYC-ARTS
2019
Joan Snyder: Rosebuds & Rivers review. Rosemary Waugh, Timeout London
2018
At the Met Museum, an Abstract Show that Falls Short of Epic. Roberta Smith, The New York Times
My Mother’s Altar: Joan Snyder Paints to Face Herself. Molly Snyder-Fink, Woman’s Art Journal
Joan Snyder: The Female Presence. Sharon Butler, Two Coats of Paint
2017
Forrest Bess and Joan Snyder: Parrasch Heijnen Gallery. David Pagel, Los Angeles Times
5 Questions with Joan Snyder. Charlotte Jansen, Elephant
2016
Q&A: Joan Snyder. Amy Marie Slocum, Flaunt Magazine
All That Glitters: A Conversation with Joan Snyder. Jan Lhormer, Provincetown Arts
2015
A Profusion of Flowers. Roberta Smith, The New York Times
Joan Snyder Sub Rosa. Hovey Brock, The Brooklyn Rail
2014
Speaking with Joan Snyder about ‘Sweet Cathy’s Song’. Cara Manes, MoMA Inside/Out
2013
‘On Her Work.’ The Evening Lecture Series. New York Studio School, New York, NY
2011
The Consciousness of a Feminist Expressionist. Martha Schwendener, The New York Times
The Lady of Wild Things. Lance Esplund, The Wall Street Journal
A Life Reflected in Rage, Grief, Gratitude. Kate McQuiad, The Boston Globe
2010
Joan Snyder: A Year in the Life of Painting. Roberta Smith, The New York Times
2009
Joan Snyder: Solway-Jones Gallery: David Pagel, Los Angeles Times
2008
Painter Joan Snyder: 2007 MacArthur Fellow. MacArthur Foundation
2007
A MacArthur ‘Genius’ Wants Her Work Seen. Erica Orden, The New York Sun
Joan Snyder. Martha Schwendener, The New York Times
2005
In Every Stroke, Life's Fierce Pageant: Michael Kimmelmann, The New York Times
Iron Joan. Mark Stevens, New York Magazine
1996
‘Past, Present, Process.’ The Evening Lecture Series. New York Studio School, New York, NY
1994
Building on the Bare, Bare Bones. Roberta Smith, The New York Times
Snyder's Earth, Freud's Skin: Jed Perl, The New Criterion
1993
Getting Emotional: On Paintings of Lisa Zwerling and Joan Snyder: Jed Perl, The New Criterion
1992
It Wasn't Neo To Us. Joan Snyder, Journal of the Rutgers University Library
Joan Snyder: Hirschl & Adler Modern. Holland Cotter, The New York Times
1987
Painting from the Heart. Susan Gill, ARTnews
True Believers Who Keep the Flame of Painting. Michael Brenson, The New York Times
1986
Joan Snyder: True Grit. Gerrit Henry, Art in America
1981
Resurrection: Joan Snyder: Matrix 67, Wadsworth Atheneum
1976
100 Greatest American Women
1971
The Anatomy of a Stroke: Recent Paintings by Joan Snyder. Marcia Tucker, ArtForum