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Peter Schjeldahl, anart critic forTheNew Yorkersince 1998, is dead at age 80.
Schjeldahls cause of death has not been confirmed.
He began his writing career working for the JerseyJournalas a reporter.
Schjeldahl began writing criticism in 1965.
Also, big Mets fan, as we long commiserated.
Below, more find tributes Schjeldahl from the art world and beyond.
May he rest in peace and poetry.
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Sad news@newyorker.
Its longtime art critic, Peter Schjeldahl, has died.
The brilliant Peter Schjeldahl has died.pic.twitter.com/FeELPJVCJn
Alas, alas, the great Peter Schjeldahl has died.
You are something other than your own person when in arts spell."
One of the great critics.
