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Channing Gray is a journalist and art critic in Providence, Rhode Island. He is known for his arts criticism, particularly during his career writing for the Providence Journal.

Gray grew up in Barrington, Rhode Island. He was the eldest son of Rockwell Gray and Margaret Gray. Gray's second oldest brother is writer and actor Spalding Gray. Gray earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Rhode Island before he began working for the Providence Journal full-time in 1979. Gray's negative critique of a group art exhibit in 1983 is credited as part of the catalyst for the internationally-known arts organization AS220. In 2002, the Journal named Gray their Performing Arts Special Writer.