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Steven Heller

Steven Heller
Steven Heller wears many hats (in addition to the New York Yankees): For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times, originally on the OpEd Page and for almost 30 of those years with the New York Times Book Review. Currently, he is co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department, Special Consultant to the President of SVA for New Programs, and writes the Visuals column for the New York Times Book Review.


“I Was a Seventeen-Year-Old Pornographer.” Steven Heller on His Stint as Art Director of the Underground

“Art direction was a mighty dangerous job.”
October 21, 2022  By Steven Heller
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Art Young’s Dante-Inspired Satire Replaced Demons with Exploitative Capitalists

Steven Heller on an Old Master of Political Cartoons
June 29, 2020  By Steven Heller
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