Journalism

From 1982 to 1999, Decker wrote about how the art world works, starting with service and news stories and progressing to a wide scope of articles, from news items and book reviews to award-winning investigative pieces, notably about works of art looted during World War II and not returned to their pre-War owners. He also wrote in-depth stories about major museums and collections, including The Barnes, Getty, Guggenheim, and Modern, and wrote about major artists’ estates: those of Georgia O’Keeffe and Pablo Picasso. Decker was among the leading reporters on the art market, covering collectors, auctions and private sales, frauds, and lawsuits.

 

Contributing Editor

ARTnews The ARTnewsletter Art & Auction

New York Magazine House & Garden


Contributor

Architectural Digest New York Magazine The Village Voice ARTnews Art & Antiques Art: Das Kunstmagazin (Germany) Chicago Tribune Beaux Arts (France) New York Daily News Forbes Connoisseur New York Newsday Wall Street Journal Museum News Elle Decor Manhattan inc. New York Observer Melville Society Extracts Nikkei Art (Japan) Smart Money Landscape Architecture Profil (Austria) Maine Antique Digest Traditional Home Cigar Aficionado Wine Spectator Elle Decor Il Giornale Dell’Arte (Italy) artnet Magaine


Awards

“Legacy of Shame: Nazi Art Loot in Austria,” ARTnews, December 1984

  • National Headliner Award, 1984, for Outstanding Coverage of a Major News Event by a Magazine, presented by the Press Club of Atlantic City

  • Investigative Reporting Award, 1984, presented by Investigative Reporters and Editors, University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism

  • Page One Award for News Reporting, Magazine, 1985, presented by the Newspaper Guild of New York

  • Finalist, National Magazine Award, Public Interest category, 1986

“The Spoils of War,” ARTnews, 1991

  • Citation, The Ed Cunningham Memorial Award, Best Magazine Reporting from Abroad, 1992, presented by the Overseas Press Club of America

“Who Will Represent de Kooning,” ARTnews, Summer 1989

  • Excellence in Journalism, 1990, for Feature News presented by the Society of the Silurians

"The Mega-Dealers Nobody Knows," ARTnews, December 1994 

  • Excellence in Journalism, 1994, for Arts/Cultural Reporting presented by the Society of the Silurians