After working as a copywriter in New York from 1951 to 1955, from the mid-1950s, when he received a Fulbright Fellowship, through 1965, Ashbery lived in France. He was an editor of the 12 issues of "Art and Literature" (1964–67) and the "New Poetry" issue of Harry Mathews' "Locus Solus" (# 3/4; 1962). To make ends meet he translated French murder mysteries, served as the art editor for the European edition of the "New York Herald Tribune" and was an art critic for "Art International" (1960–65) and a Paris correspondent for "ARTnews" (1963–66), when Thomas Hess took over as editor. During this period he lived with the French poet Pierre Martory, whose books "Every Question but One" (1990), "The Landscape is behind the Door" (1994) and "The Landscapist" he translated (2008), as he did Arthur Rimbaud ("Illuminations"), Max Jacob ("The Dice Cup"), Pierre Reverdy ("Haunted House"), and many titles by Raymond Roussel. After returning to the United States, he continued his career as an art critic for "New York" and "Newsweek" magazines while also serving on the editorial board of "ARTnews" until 1972. Several years later, he began a stint as an editor at "Partisan Review", serving from 1976 to 1980.