Ingrid Sischy
| Ingrid Sischy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ingrid Barbara Sischy March 2, 1952 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died | July 24, 2015 (aged 63) New York, New York US |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer Art critic Editor |
| Years active | 1978–2015 |
| Known for |
Artforum (1979–1988) The New Yorker (1988–1996) Interview (1989–2008) Vanity Fair (1997–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | Sandra Brant |
Ingrid Barbara Sischy (/siː'sʃi/) (March 2, 1952 – July 24, 2015) was a South African-born American writer and art critic who focused on art, photography, and fashion, and was most well known as the editor of Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine from 1989 until 2008 as well as her powerful connections and friendships with many in the art community. Until her death in 2015, she and her girlfriend and partner, Sandra Brant, worked together as the international editors of the Italian, Spanish, and German versions of Vanity Fair.
Sischy was born to a Jewish family in Johannesburg to Ben Sischy, a family doctor who became an expert in radiation oncology, and Claire Sischy, a speech therapist. She had two older brothers, Mark Sischy, a lawyer who lived in Scotland, and David Sischy, a doctor. Her family was Jewish; they had Lithuanian ancestry.
In 1961, when Sischy was nine years old, the Sischy family left Apartheid-era South Africa after the Sharpeville massacre and moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where Dr. Sischy retrained in radiology (after being a family doctor for 20 years). The family had to leave South Africa because Sischy's mother, who was involved in a group called the Black Sash that non-violently protested Apartheid, was in danger of being arrested. In 1967, the family moved to Rochester, New York, where Sischy's father became the head of radiation oncology at Highland Hospital.
While in Scotland, she attended George Watson's Ladies College. In Rochester, she graduated from Brighton High School, where she was the president of the senior class. Sischy started college at Sarah Lawrence College during a time of great political unrest in the United States.
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