Complex sentence: In the early-1980s McKay went on to publish The Irony of Romanticism, a short-lived alternative arts publication and, since 1985, he has worked as a critic and writer for a wide range of art journals and culture-zines internationally.
Split into simpler sentences: In the early-1980s McKay went on to publish The Irony of Romanticism, a short-lived alternative arts publication. Since 1985, he has worked as a critic and writer for a wide range of art journals and culture-zines internationally.