10 x 7 inches, 360 pages, 24 full color illustrations, 5 duotones
The Eakins Press Foundation is proud to announce the publication of Magicians & Charlatans, by the art critic Jed Perl. In this collection of 26 essays, Mr. Perl writes with great urgency about the art scene of the past decade. The poet John Ashbery has said that “For years Jed Perl has been covering the art world with tremendous empathy and unsparing accuracy. His ability to recognize the traditional forms of art behind their continual transmutation has made his an almost solitary, essential voice.” The essays range from highly controversial critiques of the painter Gerhard Richter, the art dealer Leo Castelli, and the Museum of Modern Art, to appreciations of the art of Bernini and Chardin, and the writings of Edmund Wilson and Meyer Schapiro. Magicians & Charlatans includes 29 finely printed illustrations.
REVIEW: The Atlantic
"Cover to Cover"
January/February 2013
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/01/cover-to-cover/309184/
LECTURE: Magicians & Charlatans and the Eakins Press Foundation
A Conversation about art, archives, and collaboration between author, Jed Perl and publisher, Peter Kayafas
February 7, 2013, Thursday, 6-8:00pm
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin (21st and Guadalupe Streets)
Austin, Texas 78712
(512) 471-8944
REVIEW: The Wall Street Journal
"Portrait of Art's Critic" by Gary Shapiro
December 15-16, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324481204578177742611345034.html
REVIEW: The Wall Street Journal
"Twelve Months of Reading" [Martin Peretz section]
December 15-16, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324001104578165432521728030.html
REVIEW: HUFFPOST ARTS & CULTURE
"Jed Perl: Magicians and Charlatans" by John Seed
December 14, 2012
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-seed/jed-perl-magicians-and-charlatans_b_2277405.html
REVIEW: Martin Mugar's Painting Blog
"Thinking back on more than twenty years of art criticism by Jed Perl on the occasion of the publication of his most recent collection of essays by the Eakins Press Foundation"
December 12, 2012
http://martinmugar.blogspot.com/2012/12/thinking-back-on-more-than-twenty-years.html
REVIEW: The Wall Street Journal
"Perl Before the Sublime" by E.A. Carmean Jr.
November 30, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578129532496499120.html
REVIEW: Harper's Magazine
"New Books" by Joshua Cohen
October 2012
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2012/10/0084107
LECTURE: Magicians & Charlatans and the Eakins Press Foundation – An Evening wih Jed Perl
October 21, 2012, Sunday, 6-8:00pm
ARCANA: Books on the Arts
The Historic Helms Bakery, 8675 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 458-1499
RESOURCE: Jed Perl, Art Critic
The New Republic
http://www.tnr.com/users/jed-perl
RESOURCE: Jed Perl, Visiting Professor
The New School - Eugene Lang College For Liberal Arts
http://www.newschool.edu/lang/faculty.aspx?id=10372