.removeClass('slideOutDown slideOutUp') pic.twitter.com/FeELPJVCJn, Alas, alas, the great Peter Schjeldahl has died. } else { Some accused him of artistic conservatism that was akin to political conservatism. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Right off he said that he is glad he did not die at a young age because he would have been embarrassed if people said, He. Starting this week, the federal government will set up emergency testing sites in areas that need additional testing capacity. if (generalSettings.loadFontAwesome) { SIMON: (Laughter) And I must say the gods of baseball smiled on your grandson, I guess. How many more times would I? Artnet News, The surviving interview tapes became the basis for the book Also a Poet: Frank OHara, My Father, and Me, a 2022 memoir by Schjeldahl and Aldersons daughter, Ada Calhoun, exploring her complex relationship with her father. Sheree Rose Peter Schjeldahl, a critic whose elegant reviews in The New Yorker and, before that, The Village Voice, made him an indispensable guide to contemporary art, died on Friday at his home in Bovina, N.Y. He was 80. His wife, Brooke Alderson, confirmed his death. Have AA Meetings Become Superspreader Events? } His final published thoughts, on Wolfgang Tillmans, could equally well have applied to his own work: pic.twitter.com/dQpsXlVxsS. And in a way, the more we know, the more shoreline of mystery there is. var expirationMinutes = settings.expiration_minutes; The brilliant Peter Schjeldahl has died. w = pagetype + 20 * Math.round(w / 20), h = pagetype + 20 * Math.round(h / 20), googletag.cmd.push(function() { SCHJELDAHL: "The Art Of Dying" was their idea. var script = document.createElement('script'); Schjeldhl describes the work as Often woozily drawn and always tenderly brushed in muted colors, the tableaux look but dont feel repetitive.". RIP. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. var a = this.serializeArray(); + '<\/div>' During his lifetime, he had formed a formidable reputation regarding which critic Jarett Earnest wrote Every painter I know would give a couple of fingers off their nonpainting hand for a good long review by Peter Schjeldahl. expiration_days: 14 var settings = cookieSettings[cookieName]; if (prefix == undefined) { If the man keeps looking, shell threaten to throw rocks. Listen 6:07. I always said that when my time came Id want to go fast, he wrote. function slideInModal(upOrDown) { I don't think there's any art whatever in dying. At a time when art criticism was becoming more and more scholastic in tone, Schjeldahl proudly upheld the banner of belletristic criticism in the tradition of Charles Baudelaire, Guillaume Apollinaire, and the various New York poetsJohn Ashbery, Frank OHarawho wrote for Art News in its heyday in the 1950s and 60s. var ouibounceScript = '