Focal Points: Jasper Johns

Robert Storr is an art critic, curator and painter. He has written widely on art and has interviewed some of the world’s leading artists. Storr’s writing has appeared in countless books and exhibition catalogues as well as in Art in America, Artforum, Parkett and ARTnews. He has curated exhibitions internationally and was the first North American curator of the Venice Biennale in 2007. His bestselling Interviews on Art (2017), Writings on Art 1980–2005 (2020) and Writings on Art 2006–2021 (2021) were published by HENI.Francesca Pietropaolo is an Italian art historian of modern and contemporary art, a critic, and an independent curator. She has worked at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris. As an art critic, she has written widely, including for Art Press, Brooklyn Rail, Mediascapes, Flash Art International, ARTnews, Art in America and Arte e Critica.

'A book that balances scholarly rigour with accessible prose, making it essential for seasoned art historians and those newly drawn to Johns' enigmatic world. In an era of fleeting interpretations, Focal Points reminds us that great criticism, like great art, demands time, patience, and curiosity.' - Artlyst'Nobody has played the game of the art world better than Jasper Johns' - Robert Storr, in The Art Newspaper's The Week in Art