![]() In sum, I must state that I believe that a column is more generally accepted by a reading audience as potentially biased by a writer’s opinion regarding a particular purpose or cause than, say, a straight profile might be. And while you may not agree with my conclusions at the end of the piece, certainly there is nothing factually wrong with what I wrote (and so, there is technically nothing libellous about it). I also acknowledge in the column that she may not have been at her best that day because she was both recovering from surgery and grieving her husband’s death. The quotes from the article are verbatim from my notes, and my descriptions of her and her studio and appearance are supported by the photographic record. Gechtoff I took care to record what she said and did by taking precise notes and digital photos. This is the reason I spent so much time in the column describing all of her accomplishments and praising her work.Īs to the charges that my descriptions of her life now amount to “slander,” I must disagree. Gechtoff was able to accomplish at the peak of her career. 1.” While it is true I have my own agenda in exploring certain aspects of the artist’s life, I have nothing but respect for what Ms. I am deeply sorry that you, and I assume your mother, Sonia Gechtoff, feel wronged and betrayed by what I wrote about her in my column of 6/19, “The Doomed Artist, pt. Proud daughter of artist parents and a happy artist as well. You have lied about many of the details of my mother’s life and I hold youĮxamine your own agenda, disillusionment with the world of art and dangerousĪddress this as a human being and send her one. This is, in fact, the best time of her life. Last summer her energy is far from flagging. Several operations in the last two years as well as the death of her husband She is anĮxtraordinary woman of strength and integrity. The artist profiled in your article is my mother, Sonia Gechtoff. I am responding to the June 19th article: “The Doomed Artist,Part 1.” If you have responses to these issues, please email them to me, Ann Klefstad, the features editor, at I’ll assemble the responses and run them on the site. I’d like to know what you feel about this. I believe Michael Fallon has raised interesting and serious issues with his series, issues that can be extremely painful. We are reproducing both letters here, so you can draw your own conclusions. Kelly in his next column, the final in the “doomed artist” series (see the next article on the site). He did write a letter in reply, and also responded to Ms. Kelly strenuously objected to this characterization of her mother, and challenged Michael to respond. ![]() Some time ago received a letter from Susannah Kelly, the daughter of one of the subjects of Michael Fallon’s series of columns on “doomed artists.” Ms. Read on for a developing controversy over the portrayal of artists. ![]()
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