Richard B. Woodward (1953–2023)
was an arts critic in New York from 1985. His contributions appeared in ''
The New York Times
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The Wall Street Journal
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The Atlantic
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It was founded in 185 ...
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Bookforum
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Film Comment
''Film Comment'' is the official publication of Film at Lincoln Center. It features reviews and analysis of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. Founded in 1962 and originally released as a quarterly, ''Film ...
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The American Scholar
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The New Yorker
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''Vanity Fair'',
''Interview'',
''Vogue'', and ''
The New Criterion
''The New Criterion'' is a New York–based monthly literary magazine and journal of artistic and cultural criticism, edited by Roger Kimball (editor and publisher) and James Panero (executive editor). It has sections for criticism of poetry ...
''. Essays on art and photography by Woodward were included in over 20 monographs and museum catalogs.
Woodward suffered from
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) synonymous with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis is a rare, progressive illness of the respiratory system, characterized by the thickening and stiffening of lung tissue, associated with the formation of scar ...
(IPF).
He died in 2023.
References
External links
Huffington Post profile
2023 deaths
1953 births
The New York Times people
The Wall Street Journal people
HuffPost writers and columnists
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