PERSONAL ESSAYS
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
2024
THE UNIVERSE IS ON THE INSIDE
2021
WHAT’S INSIDE
2019
FREE EXPERIENCE
2017
PUBLISHED WRITING ON FELLOW ARTISTS
2025
Two Coats of Paint. “Suzanne Joelson: Collecting information into sensation.” September 12, 2025
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2025/09/suzanne-joelson-collecting-information-into-sensation.html
BOMB. “Elizabeth King by Leslie Wayne,” August 20, 2025
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2025/08/20/elizabeth-king-by-leslie-wayne/
Painters on Painting. “Leslie Wayne on Jack Whitten and the Greek Alphabet Paintings,” August 30, 2025
2024
Two Coats of Paint. Interview: “Deborah Buck: Funniest girl in the class” July 5 2024.
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2024/07/deborah-buck-funniest-girl-in-the-class.html
BOMB, Interview: “Ellen K. Levy by Leslie Wayne,” June 24, 2024
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2024/06/24/ellen-k-levy-by-leslie-wayne/
2023
Two Coats of Paint. Interview: “Holly Miller’s transatlantic sensibility.” November 20, 2023
https://twocoatsofpaint.com/2023/11/holly-millers-transatlantic-sensibility.html
2021
BOMB, “Fluid Interpretations: Lisa Corinne Davis by Leslie Wayne.” September 30, 2021.
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2021/09/30/fluid-interpretations-lisa-corinne-davis-interviewed/
BOMB, “A Shared Sense of Becoming: Monica Majoli Interviewed by Leslie Wayne.” June 29, 2021. https://bombmagazine.org/articles/a-shared-sense-of-becoming-monica-majoli-interviewed/
Artcritical. “Heating Up in Falls Village, Ct.: The Furnace/Art on Paper Archive” by Leslie Wayne. June 26,21 https://artcritical.com/2021/06/26/leslie-wayne-on-stephen-maine/
2020
NADNOW Journal. “Don Porcaro and Paul Broches Reflect on the Nature of Collaboration.” by Leslie Wayne. February 5, 2020.
Two Coats of Paint. “Leslie Wayne: 2020 Armory Report.” March 6, 2020. https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/03/leslie-wayne-armory-report.html
2019
Two Coats of Paint. “Immediate, physical, emotional: Studio visit with Elise Siegel,” by Leslie Wayne
January 6, 2019
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/01/immediate-physical-emotional-studio-visit-elise-siegel.html
2018
NADNOW, “Melissa Meyer’s Sprezzatura, by Leslie Wayne.” November 12, 2018
https://www.nadnowjournal.org/in-conversation/melissa-meyers-sprezzatura/
Artcritical. “Light is Beauty: Sharon Butler talks art, life and blogging with Lesiie Wayne.” October 1, 2018.
http://www.artcritical.com/2018/10/01/leslie-wayne-with-sharon-butler/
Two Coats of Paint. “Studio Visit with Barbara Takenaga,” by Leslie Wayne. September 3, 2018..
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2018/09/studio-visit-with-barbara-takenaga.html’l
Two Coats of Paint. “Lesley Dill on her new work, with Leslie Wayne,” January 28, 2018.
2017
Artcritical. “The Itinerant Portraitist: Brenda Zlamany discusses her Hebrew Home project with Leslie
Wayne.” By Leslie Wayne, December 6, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/12/06/leslie-wayne-with-brenda-zlamany/
Artcritical. “Comfort Clothing for Fraught Times: Medrie MacPhee in conversation with Leslie Wayne,”
July 17, 2017
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/07/20/leslie-wayne-with-medrie-macphee/artcritical.com.
Artcritical. “The Drug Administration: Beverly Fishman Talks High Modernism and Big Pharma”
by Leslie Wayne, March 30, 2017.
http://www.artcritical.com/2017/03/30/beverly-fishman-in-conversation-with-leslie-wayne/
2016
Artcritical. “Painting in Water: A Studio Visit With Beatrice Pediocni,” by Leslie Wayne, June 17, 2016.
http://www.artcritical.com/2016/06/17/beatrice-pediconi-with-leslie-wayne/
Artcritical. “The Solitariness of the Pursuit: A studio visit with Elena Sisto,” by Leslie Wayne.
March 17, 2016. http://www.artcritical.com/2016/03/17/elena-sisto-with-leslie-wayne/
2015
Wayne, Leslie. artcritical.com. “The Hungry Connoisseur: Claude Simard, 1956-2014.”
http://www.artcritical.com/2015/02/03/leslie-wayne-on-claude-simard/