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Peter Plagens

Peter Plagens

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Fine Artist and Author, Freelance

Litchfield

Beats

Primary beats

arts and entertainment

Secondary beats

MusicTrending TopicsTrendingSupplementsNewsAppleMountain LifestyleFashionHuman interestBehind-the-Scenes StoriesRaceWell-BeingPersonal Profiles

Biography

Born 1941; lives in Connecticut. Painter and art critic who also writes about culture in general. Art critic for Newsweek for 15 years, art reviews for The Wall Street Journal since 2011. Represented by the Nancy Hoffman in NY , and The Texas Gallery in Houston since the 1970s. Museum solo shows at Fisher Museum at USC in Los Angeles, Hirshhorn Museum in DC.

Final Covers

Art

Doesn’t Cover

Deaths

Seniority Positions

Fine Artist and Author

Medium Formats

Freelance

Content

Total articles 97

  • ‘Gertrude Abercrombie: The Whole World Is a Mystery’ Review: Modest Paintings, Major Effects

    By Peter Plagens · The Wall Street Journal

    Mar. 15, 2025

  • ‘Amy Sherald: American Sublime’ Review: Perceptive, Inventive Portraits

    By Peter Plagens · The Wall Street Journal

    Feb. 05, 2025

  • ‘William Gropper: Artist of the People’ and ‘Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing’ Review: The Draw of Satire

    By Peter Plagens · The Wall Street Journal

    Dec. 04, 2024

As seen in

The Wall Street Journal,Artforum,Realclear Books,Newsweek Europe,Gagosian Quarterly,Architectural Record,Artnet

Company Info

Freelance

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States