Aline Bernstein Saarinen (March 25, 1914 – July 13, 1972) was an American art and architecture critic, author and television journalist.

In 1931, she graduated from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in The Bronx, and then attended Vassar College, where she studied art and developed an interest in journalism.

The same year, she enrolled New York University Institute of Fine Arts, where she studied the history of architecture and graduated with an A.M. degree in 1941.

[3] In January 1953, she went to Detroit to interview the Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen, who had recently been acclaimed for his General Motors Technical Center.

[5] She continued writing for The New York Times as an associate art critic under the byline Aline B.

[7] In 1957, Aline was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship during which she wrote the best selling book The Proud Possessors, a collection of biographies of American art collectors.

[6] Saarinen was moderator on the show For Women Only, in which a panel answered questions from the audience, including ones on subjects such as birth control and abortion.

[7][8] In 1970, Saarinen prepared a one-hour NBC program in celebration of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Centennial.