Carter Ratcliff is an American art critic, writer and poet. His books on art include John Singer Sargent ; John Singer Sargent ; Robert Longo ; The Fate of a Gesture: Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art ; and Andy Warhol: Portraits. In 1976 he was an awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in fine arts research. Ratcliff has contributed to numerous magazines including Art in America and Parkett.
