(NEW YORK — January 27, 2026) — Topical Cream announces Victoria Camblin will serve as 2026 Editor-in-Residence, an annual appointment among the publishing platform’s marquee initiatives to support new modalities for art criticism. Launched in 2021, the Editor-in-Residence program responds to the urgent need for criticism and experimental journalism in the broader cultural landscape. Nominations for the residency were solicited from Topical Cream’s Board of Directors and advisors.

Victoria Camblin is the sixth high-profile Editor-in-Residence at Topical Cream, succeeding  curator  Lumi Tan (2025); Ebony L. Haynes (2024), Global Head of Curatorial Projects at David Zwirner; MoMA PS1 Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs Ruba Katrib (2023); and curator Laura McLean-Ferris (2022).

“I have felt deeply supported by Topical Cream in my work ever since the organization’s inception in 2013,” says Camblin. “When I was appointed as ART PAPERS’ Editor and Artistic Director that year, Topical Cream was the first platform to post about it. I didn’t know people were paying attention to culture editors, especially in the non-profit space. But Topical Cream was. That recognition was incredibly empowering.

“I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute to Topical Cream’s mission and vision in 2026. I plan to use the editorial residency to engage writers, curators, and artists of all disciplines around the notion of mentorship and alternative forms of education — to explore how new systems evolve when creative communities are not supported by traditional institutions, and to celebrate the educational pathways that emerge through collaboration, intergenerational exchange, and lived experience.” 

—Victoria Camblin 

“It’s very exciting to welcome Victoria Camblin as Topical Cream’s 2026 Editor-in-Residence,” said Lyndsy Welgos, Topical Cream Executive Director. “Victoria brings an unusually wide and incisive perspective—ranging from her leadership as Editor-in-Chief of ART PAPERS in Atlanta, where she championed artists working across the Deep South, to her role helping to shape one of the most respected international fashion and culture magazines, 032c. We are especially inspired by her deep investment in education and mentorship as a modality of publishing. We can’t wait to hold the final print publication in our hands in October 2026.”

ABOUT VICTORIA CAMBLIN 

Victoria Camblin is a writer, editor, and curator of public programming. She has served as Editor and Artistic Director of the non-profit magazine and cultural platform ART PAPERS, and as Executive Editor at 032c, a Berlin based magazine and media and fashion brand. Her research and writing explore creative production, communication, and community-building across the disciplines of art, architecture, media, fashion, and technology. She has lectured at SCI-Arc (Los Angeles), the Architectural Association (London), the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), Art Basel Hong Kong, Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art (Doha), and the Georgia Institute of Technology, among other institutions internationally. Her essays and criticism have appeared in such publications as Pin-Up, Art in America, Apartamento, The New York Times’ T Magazine, and various international editions of GQ, in addition to numerous artist catalogues, books, and monographs. Camblin was a curator of the 2016 Atlanta Biennial and a 2019 director of the Global Art Forum, a cross-disciplinary talk series and live think-tank taking place annually at Art Dubai (Dubai, UAE). She has been a writer in residence at the Hambidge Art Center and a critic-in-residence at the Joan Mitchell Foundation, and has received grants from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Graham Foundation, and the German Academic Exchange Service. In 2022, Camblin co-founded Magazine.Capital, a research and content studio run in partnership with designer, architectural historian, and writer Nicholas Korody. 

ABOUT TOPICAL CREAM 

Topical Cream is a groundbreaking New York based arts organization exclusively dedicated to elevating the vision of women and gender non-conforming contemporary artists. The organization publishes an intersectional art annual centering women and gender non-conforming contemporary artists curated by an editor-in-residence. Launched in 2013 as an online magazine countering art media’s problematic portrayal of female-identifying contemporary artists, TC is now an internationally respected organization for art criticism, editorial content, mentorship, and educational programming. Special thanks to Nat Carlson for hair and make up.