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Peter Trachtenberg

Peter Trachtenberg
Peter Trachtenberg was born and grew up in New York City and began spending time in Westbeth in the late 1970s. He lived there (illegally) from 1995 to 2006. He is the author of The Twilight of Bohemia: Westbeth and the Last Artists in New York, along with three earlier books of nonfiction, and he is the recipient of awards that include Whiting and Guggenheim Fellowships and a Phi Beta Kappa award.


A Black Avant-Garde: How Lorraine O’Grady’s Literary Artwork Fused Poetry and Politics

Peter Trachtenberg Holds up the Frame to an Iconic Artist Who Redefined Being an Icon
March 25, 2025  By Peter Trachtenberg
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