Rachel Corbett (art journalist)

Not to be confused with Rachel Corbett (radio presenter).

Rachel Corbett
Rachel Corbett in 2016
Born	Iowa, U.S.
Occupation	Journalist
Alma mater	Columbia University University of Iowa
Genre	Non-fiction
Notable awards	Marfield Prize

Rachel Corbett is an American author and journalist. She is the author of the book You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, published by W.W. Norton in 2016. ^[1] She was the executive editor of Modern Painters from 2016-2017. ^[2] Prior to that she worked as a correspondent for The Art Newspaper . ^[3]

Life

Corbett studied at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of Iowa. ^[4] Her 2016 book, You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin, won the Marfield Prize. ^[5]

Selected works

Books

• Corbett, Rachel (2016). You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin. New York: W. W. Norton.

Essays and reporting

• Corbett, Rachel (July 3, 2017). "Gottschee question". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Dirndls. The New Yorker. Vol. 93, no. 19. pp. 20–21. ^[6]
• Corbett, Rachel (October 18, 2018). "The Culture Wars of Car Racing." The New York Times Magazine. ^[7]
• Corbett, Rachel (October, 2019). "Medicaid's Dark Secret:" For many participants, the program that provides health care to millions of low-income Americans isn’t free. It’s a loan. And the government expects to be repaid. The Atlantic.
• Corbett, Rachel (August 23, 2023). "The Inheritance Case That Could Unravel an Art Dynasty: " How a widow’s legal fight against the Wildenstein family of France has threatened their storied collection — and revealed the underbelly of the global art market. The New York Times Magazine.

References

1. "You Must Change Your Life | W. W. Norton & Company". books.wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
2. Freeman, Nate (2016-03-24). "Modern Painters Names New Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor". ARTnews. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
3. Freeman, Nate (24 March 2016). "Modern Painters Names New Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor". Art News. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
4. "About". rachel-corbett.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
5. Cascone, Sarah (20 March 2017). "Rachel Corbett Wins $10,000 Marfield Prize for Arts Writing". Artnet . Retrieved 21 March 2017.
6. Online version is titled "Is Melania Trump a Gottscheer?".
7. Corbett, Rachel (2018-10-18). "The Culture Wars of Car Racing". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2018-12-30.

External links

External audio
Rachel Corbett, The Poet and the Poem 2017-18 Series

• Official website