In Episode 4, we hear from Jerry Saltz about how he went from life as 'a failed artist' to long-haul truck driver to renowned art critic, and about his new book, How To Be An Artist.
Jerry Saltz is the senior art critic at New York magazine and its entertainment site, Vulture. He won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism and a 2019 National Magazine Award. Before joining New York in 2007, he was art critic for The Village Voice where he was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. A frequent guest lecturer, he has spoken at the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney Museum and many other major galleries.
How To Be an Artist formed out of a story in NY magazine in 2018 - which has now been read now by more than 600,000 people - which contained 33 rules for life as an artist. The book has 63 rules: warm, funny, sometimes brutal truths about what it takes to make a life in art, and why it's so rewarding.
This conversation was recorded online via Zoom so the sound quality is a little variable - but Jerry's enthusiasm is so infectious you won't notice.