Max Kozloff

Max Kozloff
Born(1933-06-21)June 21, 1933
DiedApril 6, 2025(2025-04-06) (aged 91)
New York City, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1967)
ChildrenNikolas Kozloff
Academic background
Alma materNew York University Institute of Fine Arts
University of Chicago
Academic work
DisciplineHistory of art
InstitutionsSchool of Visual Arts
California Institute of the Arts
New York University
Websitewww.maxkozloff.com

Maxwell Kozloff (June 21, 1933 – April 6, 2025) was an American art historian, art critic of modern art, and photographer. He was art editor at The Nation, and executive editor of Artforum. His essay American Painting During the Cold War was of particular importance to the criticism on American Abstract Expressionism.

Kozloff received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1968 and an Infinity Award for Writing from the International Center of Photography in 1990.