Jerry Saltz

Jerry Saltz
Born (1951-02-19) February 19, 1951 (age 73)
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, Author, Art critic
EducationSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
Period1990s–present
Notable worksSeeing Out Loud: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1998–2003
Seeing Out Louder
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Criticism (2018)
Spouse
(m. 1992)

Jerry Saltz (born February 19, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American art critic. Since 2006, he has been senior art critic and columnist for New York magazine. Formerly the senior art critic for The Village Voice, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2006.[1] Saltz served as a visiting critic at School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, Yale University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Studio Residency Program, and was the sole advisor for the 1995 Whitney Biennial.

Saltz is the recipient of three honorary doctorates, including from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008[2] and Kansas City Art Institute in 2011.[3]

  1. ^ Parmiggiani, Sandro (February 2011). "Il 90% dell’arte è pessima, il 9% buona, l’1% favolosa (e forse resterà)" (review of Italian edition of Seeing Out Loud; in Italian). Il Giornale dell'arte. No. 306. ilgiornaledellarte.com. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  2. ^ "Past Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jerry Saltz gets his third honorary Ph.D. - artnet Magazine". artnet.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.