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''. Provided by Wikipedia