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Peter Schjeldahl on Why Critiquing Masterpieces Isn't Necessarily Good

Actor Steve Martin interviews art critic Peter Schjeldahl who explains why critiquing masterpieces is not necessarily a good ...

thing. Peter Schjeldahl is The New Yorker's art critic and the author of several books of criticism, including The Hydrogen Jukebox: Selected Writings and Let's See: Writings on Art from The New Yorker. He has received the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing.