Deborah Vankin is a Features writer for the Los Angeles Times covering the $6-trillion world of Wellness from a California perspective. She was the paper’s arts and culture reporter for more than a decade, chronicling the city’s new museum boom and gallery expansion. She’s interviewed or profiled many of the leading artists of our time, including Mark Bradford, Catherine Opie, Takashi Murakami, Cindy Sherman, Ai Weiwei and many others. She’s also written about TV, film, comedy, books and nightlife for The Times and been a correspondent at the Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes. Vankin’s work has won nearly two dozen local and national awards. In 2021, she was named a finalist for the Mayborn Literary Non-Fiction’s Best American Newspaper Narrative. Vankin’s work has also appeared in the New York Times, LA Weekly and Variety, as well as in numerous book anthologies. She’s the author of the graphic novel “Poseurs” and teaches at Emerson College.
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