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Jerry Saltz
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| Born | February 19, 1951 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, Author, Art critic |
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
| Period | 1990s–present |
| Notable works | Seeing Out Loud: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1998–2003, Seeing Out Louder |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Criticism |
| Spouse | Roberta Smith |
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. 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 and Kansas City Art Institute in 2011.
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Early life
Saltz was born and grew up in Oak Park in Chicago, before moving to River Forest, Illinois in the suburbs. His mother died when he was ten years old. Shortly after he recalls a memorable trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, where he discovered, "Everything here is telling a story, everything here has a code, has a language—and I’m going to learn this whole language and I’m going to know the story." He is Jewish.
Saltz moved to the inner city and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1970 to 1975 before dropping out. He worked briefly at Jan Cicero Gallery before co-founding, with Barry Holden and artists from the Art Institute of Chicago, N.A.M.E. Gallery, an artist-run gallery. Saltz moved to New York City in 1980.
Awards
Saltz received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2006.
Saltz is the recipient of three honorary doctorates, including from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008 and Kansas City Art Institute in 2011.
Personal life
Saltz lives in New York City with his wife Roberta Smith, co-chief art critic for the New York Times. They were married in 1992.
Books
- Saltz, Jerry. Seeing Out Loud: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1998–2003. Gt Barrington: The Figures, 2003; reprinted 2007; 410 pp. (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-930589-17-9.
- Saltz, Jerry. Seeing Out Louder. Hudson Hills Press LLC, 2009; 420 pp. (hardcover), ISBN: 978-1-55595-318-8.
- Saltz, Jerry. Beyond Boundaries: New York's New Art. 1986; 128 pp. ISBN: 978-0-912383-31-6
- Saltz, Jerry. How to Be an Artist. 2020; 144 pp. ISBN: 9780593086469
- Saltz, Jerry. Art is Life. Penguin Random House, 2022; 354 pp. ISBN 978-0593086490
See also
- The Lost Leonardo, 2021 film in which Saltz is interviewed
