Eleanor Heartney

{{Short description|American art critic (born 1954)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Eleanor Heartney

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954}}

| birth_place = United States

| education = University of Chicago

| occupation = Art critic, curator, art historian, editor

| awards = Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2008)

}}

Eleanor Heartney (born 1954){{Cite book |last=Lorente |first=J. Pedro |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxCpEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 |title=Great Art Critics (1750-2000) |date=2020-04-01 |publisher=Mimesis International |isbn=978-88-6977-256-6 |pages=167 |language=en |via=Google Books}} is an American art critic, curator,{{Cite news |date=2005-01-16 |title=Collection Shows Religious Influences on Regional Art: Creative Spirit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader-collection-shows/147685097/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |pages=43 |via=Newspapers.com}} art historian, and editor, active in New York City. She has written for several publications including Art in America, The New York Times, The Washington Post, ARTNews, and the New Art Examiner;{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Award-winning Arts Writer Eleanor Heartney to Speak March 5th |url=https://www.asheville.com/news/heartney0212.html |website=Asheville.com}} and she has authored books.{{Cite news |date=1989-11-11 |title=Writer to Discuss Artists' Use of Media |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-writer-to-discuss-artist/147685546/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |newspaper=News and Record |pages=11 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=2008-02-24 |title=Lecture to Feature New York Art Critic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-south-bend-tribune-lecture-to-featur/147684775/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |newspaper=The South Bend Tribune |pages=D5 |via=Newspapers.com}} She wrote about depictions of the apocalypse in her book, Doomsday Dreams (2019).{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Barbara |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Eleanor Heartney with Barbara Rose |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2020/02/art/ELEANOR-HEARTNEY-with-Barbara-Rose |website=The Brooklyn Rail}}

Heartney won the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association in 1992, and the French government's Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award in 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://fsa.art/visionary/eleanor-heartney/|title=Eleanor Heartney|website=Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts}}{{Cite book |last=Orlan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s1lLAQAAIAAJ |title=Orlan. Le Récit, The Narrative |last2=Hegyi |first2=Lóránd |last3=Viola |first3=Eugenio |date=2007 |publisher=Charta |isbn=978-88-8158-652-3 |pages=306 |language=fr |via=Google Books}}