Peter Schjeldahl

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 that his oncologist had given him six months to live. However, his experimental treatment was showing some improvement. "These extra months," he wrote, "are a luxury that I hope to have...

"Sensitive and moving. Schjeldahl wrote until the end. We can be grateful for that because we have this book." (Dwight Garner, New York Times) The complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great New Yorker art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist. Foreword by Steve MartinIntroduction by Jarrett Earnest When the New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl published his...

Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light collects 100 writings—some long, some short—that together form a 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, serving as an expert guide to a...