Peter Plagens (B. 1941 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American art critic. painter and novelist, From 1989 until 2003 Plagens was a senior writer and art critic for Newsweek. As a novelist Plagens is the author of 'Time for Robo" (1999 Black Heron Press ISBN:0930773543} and "The Art Critic" which was and is serialized online at artnet. As a painter he has been represented by the Nancy Hoffman Gallery.