Peter Schjeldahl: Diet of Masterpieces Makes You Fat

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Peter Schjeldahl: Diet of Masterpieces Makes You Fat
The New Yorker - SVA Theatre 1
PETER SCHJELDAHL TALKS WITH STEVE MARTIN

All about art.

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.

Steve Martin has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1996. His books include Pure Drivel, which collects many of his humor pieces from the magazine; the memoir Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life; and the novels The Pleasure of My Company, Shopgirl, and, most recently, An Object of Beauty.

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