the art of dying peter schjeldahl

// don't show it on paywall-related pages where the user might be in the process function loadJQuery() { var SignupForm = { function setCookie(cname, cvalue, expMinutes, prefix) { People Peter Schjeldahl, the Beloved Poet Turned New Yorker Art Critic, Has Died at Age 80 The art critic was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2019. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- But SIMON: You're in a territory that most of us SIMON: I mean, in the absolute sense, we inhabit it, too. Many in the New York art world came to consider Schjeldahl a dear friend and a guiding figure, so much so that people would regularly make the pilgrimage on the Fourth of July to Bovina, New York, where he and his wife Brooke Alderson held a huge celebration each year. ARTnews is a part of Penske Media Corporation. See our Privacy Policy for more information about cookies. Like a camera situated nowhere and taking in every last detail of the pulsating world. Known for his eloquence and depth of knowledge of art history, Schjeldahl made headlines in 2019 for his heartrending yet matter-of-fact essay The Art of Dying, in which he wrote of coming to terms with his terminal lung cancer diagnosis. + '