Michael Kimmelman: Tennis, anyone?
Is the peripatetic Michael Kimmelman here in New York to review some art? No, he’s actually here to cover tennis—the U.S. Open, to be exact. This is not a first: We’ve seen him cover that sport before.
This time, the NY Times‘ chief art critic-in-absentia will be double-teaming Federer, Nadal and the women’s first-seed, Caroline [Who’s That?] Wozniacki, along with another Timesman not customarily seen on the sports beat—Gerry Marzorati, now on the verge of leaving his post as editor of the NY Times Sunday Magazine for a somewhat nebulous new assignment.
Will the expatriate Michael be tempted to stray from Flushing Meadows to catch up on the stateside arts scene? Only culture editor Jon Landman knows for sure.
What we really want to know is, does Roberta Smith secretly yearn to cover football?
In the meantime, as an accredited temporary tennis critic, Kimmelman says he’s looking forward to “the free lukewarm Diet Coke.”
You mean they don’t serve that in Europe?