Tag: Critic

  • Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades

    After 30 years at the Guardian, chief art critic Adrian Searle is stepping down from the role he has held since 1996. The Guardian announced today that Searle will leave his full-time role at the end of March. His final article, a look back at the past three decades and what he has learned, will read more

    Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades
  • Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains

    Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post laid off some thirty percent of its employees on Wednesday, according to sources quoted in the New York Times, slashing the paper’s sports, local news, and international coverage. More than 300 of the approximately 800 journalists in the newsroom were reportedly let go. Among the casualties was Pulitzer Prize for read more

    Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains
  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic Christopher Knight Retires from the Los Angeles Times

    Renowned critic and commentator Christopher Knight is retiring after writing about art for some 45 years, including 36 years at the Los Angeles Times. Knight is among the few remaining full-time critics at magazines and newspapers. Friday is his final day. “It’s impossible to overstate the loss Knight’s departure represents for the paper and Los read more

    Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic Christopher Knight Retires from the Los Angeles Times