John Ashbery: Performing Artist in New York

About John Ashbery

John Ashbery was an American poet who also worked for decades as an art critic, moving between literary and visual worlds with equal seriousness. His ties to New York’s cultural institutions come into view at The Morgan Library & Museum, where *Friends Who Came to See Me: Drawings from John Ashbery’s Collection* presents works he lived with and studied. Ashbery’s background in criticism informs a quiet, attentive approach to looking. His taste favors intimacy and curiosity over grand statements.