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Exploring profound reflections on art and life, this collection features the final essays of Peter Schjeldahl, renowned art critic for The New Yorker. Initiated by his poignant autobiographical piece "The Art of Dying," it encompasses 47 essays penned during a tumultuous period marked by the pandemic, social unrest, and political upheaval. Schjeldahl's writing reveals his deep insights and emotional resilience, offering a unique perspective on the art world amidst significant societal challenges. Contributions from Steve Martin and Jarrett Earnest enhance the collection's significance.

The complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great New Yorker art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Foreword by Steve Martin Introduction by Jarrett Earnest When the New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl published his widely read autobiographical essay "The Art of Dying" in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and his oncologist had given him six months to live, but his experimental treatment was showing some improvement. "These extra months," he wrote, "are a luxury that I hope to have put to good use." And he did. The Art of Dying: Writings, 2019-2022 begins with that essay and collects all 46 pieces that he wrote for the magazine before his death in October 2022. These last works express Schjeldahl's hard-won reflections on art and life, against the backdrop of an intensely anxious period in America, spanning the pandemic, the George Floyd protests, the 2020 presidential election, and the war in Ukraine. Schjeldahl, who was the leading art writer of his generation, wrote with generosity and openness about the art world during these tempestuous three years.

Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings—some long, some short—that taken together forma group portrait of many of the world’s most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ranges widely through the diverse and confusing art world, an expert guide to a dazzling scene. No other writer enhances the reader’s experience of art in precise, jargon-free prose as Schjeldahl does. His reviews are more essay than criticism, and he offers engaging and informative accounts of artists and their work. For more than three decades, he has written about art with Emersonian openness and clarity. A fresh perspective, an unexpected connection, a lucid gloss on a big idea awaits the reader on every page of this big, absorbing, buzzing book.

This title allows the reader access behind the scenes of the art world, with profiles of leading figures such as the gallerist Marian Goodman, and accounts of visits to artists' studios.

Celebrated for his insights into art, the distinguished critic from "The New Yorker" presents a collection of 75 engaging essays in this compilation. These pieces, published together for the first time, showcase his influential perspective and articulate reflections on the art world, offering readers a unique lens through which to appreciate various artistic expressions.

This book includes catalogue information, plus 77 of Eric Fischl's oil paintings from 1980 to 1987, 35 of his works on paper and 12 seminal glassines.