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Newsweek calls him ldquo;exhilarating and deeply engaging.rdquo; Time Out New York calls him ldquo;smart; provocative; and a great writer.rdquo; Critic Peter Schjeldahl; meanwhile; simply calls him ldquo;My hero.rdquo; Therersquo;s no one in the art world quite like Dave Hickeymdash;and a new book of his writing is an event. 25 Women will not disappoint. The book collects Hickeyrsquo;s best and most important writing about female artists from the past twenty years. But this is far more than a compilation: Hickey has revised each essay; bringing them up to date and drawing out common themes. Written in Hickeyrsquo;s trademark stylemdash;accessible; witty; and powerfully illuminatingmdash;25 Women analyzes the work of Joan Mitchell; Bridget Riley; Fiona Rae; Lynda Benglis; Karen Carson; and many others. Hickey discusses their work as work; bringing politics and gender into the discussion only where it seems warranted by the art itself. The resulting book is not only a deep engagement with some of the most influential and innovative contemporary artists; but also a reflection on the life and role of the critic: the decisions; judgments; politics; and ethics that critics negotiate throughout their careers in the art world. Always engaging; often controversial; and never dull; Dave Hickey is a writer who gets people excitedmdash;and talkingmdash;about art. 25 Women will thrill his many fans; and make him plenty of new ones.