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Remembering Peter Schjeldahl: indispensable critic, poet, and lyrical observer of the embodied experience of art

His direct and personal style made him a well-respected chronicler of the US art scene for over 50 years

Matthew Holman
9 December 2022
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After immersing himself in the poetry scene of New York’s Greenwich Village during the 1960s, Peter Schjeldahl went on to become the long-standing art critic of The New Yorker Photo: Chris Felver/Getty Images