I knew Peter Schjeldahl. A bit. Enough to write an “I knew Peter Schjeldahl” essay, which I don’t really want to do. But he meant a lot to me, so I want to try to say something about him. About Peter ...
Peter Schjeldahl, the eminent and widely read New York art critic, died Friday at his country home in the tiny upstate town of Bovina, near the Catskills, where he and his wife, former actor Brooke ...
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Peter Schjeldahl is The New Yorker's art critic, but his most recent piece of writing is about what they call "The Art Of Dying." Peter Schjeldahl has lung cancer, and probably not much time. Peter ...
Esteemed art critic and poet Peter Schjeldahl died today at his home in Bovina, New York, at the age of 80. Known for his eloquence and depth of knowledge of art history, Schjeldahl made headlines in ...
Peter Schjeldahl, the New Yorker’s art critic and a half-century-long prose stylist of New York City’s art scene, died today, October 21 at the age of 80. Although Schjeldahl’s cause of death has not ...
This week in the magazine, Peter Schjeldahl writes about Henri Cartier-Bresson. Today, Schjeldahl answered readers’ questions in a live chat. A transcript of their discussion follows. QUESTION FROM ...
Peter Schjeldahl, the New Yorker staff art critic whose distinct, poetic voice has been a reliable guiding light in the New York art world for decades, has died at age 80. He died on Friday (21 ...
While the public has embraced the work of Andrew Wyeth, the quality of his painting has been the subject of much debate among critics. We talk with ANNE KNUTSON, curator of the 2006 Andrew Wyeth ...
When I heard Peter utter this sentence at a dinner party, I knew I was in over my head. Peter, at these dinners, where no one was shy with opinions, would sit tolerantly, head tucked in, allowing us ...