Vivien Raynor (d. February 15, 2009) was an American art critic whose work was published in several publications, including ''

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'', '' Art in America'', and ''

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'' mentioned her New York Times review of the September 1985 Warhol-Basquiat exhibition, in which Raynor wrote: “Last year, I wrote of '' Jean-Michel Basquiat'' that he had a chance of becoming a very good painter, providing he didn’t succumb to the forces that would make him an art world mascot. This year, it appears that those forces have prevailed.”

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