"Christopher Knight's last column will run on December 1. (photo by Ricardo DeAratanha, courtesy Los Angeles Times) Art critic Christopher Knight will retire from the Los Angeles Times on Friday, November 28, fellow staff member Jessica Gelt announced in a newsletter last week. As the paper's staff art critic, Knight published exhibition reviews and commentary on the city's arts institutions, writing for the publication for 36 years."
"In 2020, he won a Pulitzer Prize in criticism for his work evaluating the changes at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as the institution prepared for its forthcoming expansion, demonstrating "extraordinary community service by a critic." Knight was previously named a finalist for the prize three times, in 1991, 2001, and 2007, and won the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation's lifetime achievement award. His last column for the Los Angeles Times will run on December 1."
Christopher Knight will retire from the Los Angeles Times on Friday, November 28, with his final column scheduled for December 1. He served as the paper's staff art critic for 36 years, producing exhibition reviews and commentary on Los Angeles arts institutions. In 2020 he won the Pulitzer Prize in criticism for evaluations of changes at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, described as "extraordinary community service by a critic." He was a three-time Pulitzer finalist and received a lifetime achievement award from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation. He plans to keep writing but leave daily journalism after 45 years.
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