Celeste Olalquiaga

Celeste Olalquiaga is a Venezuelan-born independent scholar. She is the author of "The Artificial Kingdom: A Treasury of the Kitsch Experience" (1999) and "Megalopolis: Contemporary Cultural Sensibilities". She received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1994 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. She writes the column "Object Lesson" for the publication "Cabinet".