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matthew guion by marcelo krasilcic

Mark Morrisroe

Troye Sivan by Pierre-Ange Carlotti (2018)

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Gregory Battcock (1937 - 1980) was an artist, art historian and art critic and a prominent figure of the New York art scene in the 1960s and 70s. Trained as a painter with a PhD in Arts Education from New York University, he championed the work of his contemporaries and wrote important essays on conceptual, video and performance art as well as a seminal anthology on Minimal Art (1968) that documented the movement in its infancy. With an interest in film and cinema, Battcock starred in several films by his friend, Andy Warhol, including ‘Batman Dracula’ (1964) and ‘Horse’ (1965). He became Editor of Arts Magazine in 1974 and also published key essays in such underground publications as Gay, the New York Review of Sex and Politics and the New York Free Press. On Christmas Eve 1980, Battcock was found stabbed to death in his holiday home in Puerto Rico. The murder remains unsolved.