Philip Kennicott

Art and Architecture Critic, The Washington Post

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Philip Kennicott Biography

Philip Kennicott is the senior art and architecture critic at The Washington Post, where he has been on staff since 1999, first as classical music critic, then as culture critic. A regular contributor to Gramophone and Opera News, he was previously a contributing editor at The New Republic. Kennicott has also been chief classical music critic for the Detroit News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he also wrote editorials.

He is the author of "Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning," and his essay, “Smuggler,” was anthologized in the 2015 volume of Best American Essays and a finalist for the National Magazine Award. A two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Kennicott won the 2013 Pulitzer for Criticism.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/10/2024.

Philip Kennicott Videos

  • Weather in Famous Works of Art | Philip Kennicott & Matthew Cappucci
    Take a peek inside the National Gallery of Art in D.C. with The Post's art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott and meteorologist Matthew...
  • The art of criticism with Philip Kennicott | How to be a journalist
    The key to being an art critic is thinking in public, according to Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Philip Kennicott.
  • Elizabeth Diller at the Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum

Philip Kennicott Books

  • Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning
    Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning

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