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We can be grateful for that because we have this book.\" (Dwight Garner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe complete last essays of acclaimed writer Peter Schjeldahl, the great \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e art critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword by Steve Martin\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Jarrett Earnest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Dying: Writings, 2019-2022\u003c\/em\u003e begins with that essay and collects all 46 pieces that he wrote for the magazine before his death in October 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese 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. 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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 dazzling scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh perspective, an unexpected connection, a lucid gloss on a big idea awaits the reader on every page of this big, absorbing, buzzing book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596597936364,"sku":"9781419735264","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781419735264-hot-cold-heavy-light-100-art-writings-1988-2018.jpg?v=1777932127"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/peter-schjeldahl.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}