Peter Schjeldahl was the art critic for The New Yorker
for 24 years until his death in 2022. He was a finalist for the
2022 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism. Prior to that, he wrote art
criticism for Seven Days and the Village Voice. In 2019, Abrams
published his Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light: 100 Art Writings, 1988-2018,
which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle
Award.
Jarrett Earnest is the author of What It Means to Write
About Art: Interviews with Art Critics (2018). A frequent lecturer
on contemporary art, he lives in New York City.
“Peter Schjeldahl is a great artist. . . . His specialty is the
searching, summative essay of a few pages on a single artist. . . I
know that art is only a small part of living, but it’s also true
that there are people whose makeshift faith lies in the best things
human beings have made. Schjeldahl grants those artifacts a
corresponding dignity, with all the meaning we knew they had but
could not describe ourselves. It’s astonishing; it astonishes.”
*The New York Times*
“This is a rapturous read for art lovers and all who appreciate
dynamic critical essays.”
*Booklist*
“Bruce is no longer The Boss; Peter Schjeldahl is! Hot, Cold,
Heavy, Light is the apex of artistic criticism and commentary.”
*Steve Martin*
“The great New Yorker art critic writes like an angel about
everyone from Vermeer to Picasso, Donatello to Andy Warhol, in
beautiful, enjoyable, accessible essays across 30 years.”
*Philadelphia Inquirer*
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