<!DOCTYPE html>
<html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-0 vector-toc-not-available vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-0 skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled" lang="de" dir="ltr"><head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Christopher Knight</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="./_res_/favicon.png">
<link rel="canonical" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Knight"> <link href="./_mw_/ext.cite.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.wikimediamessages.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.icons.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.search.codex.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/skins.vector.styles.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content="">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.citeRef.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.defaultPlainlinks.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonHide.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonLayout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiCommonStyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiDarkmode.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.dewikiResponsive.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="./_mw_/ext.gadget.specialSearch.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/site.styles.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_mw_/noscript.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/footer.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./_res_/vector-2022.css">
</head>
<body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject page-Christopher_Knight rootpage-Christopher_Knight skin-vector-2022 action-view">
<div class="mw-page-container">
<div class="mw-page-container-inner">
<div class="mw-content-container">
<main id="content" class="mw-body">
<header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar">
<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Christopher Knight</span></h1>
</header>
<a id="top"></a>
<div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-targetContainer" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container="">
<div id="contentSub">
<div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div>
</div>
<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Christopher Knight</b> (* <a href="23._November" title="23. November">23. November</a> <a href="1950" title="1950">1950</a>) ist ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">amerikanischer</a> <a href="Kunstkritiker" title="Kunstkritiker">Kunstkritiker</a>.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>Christopher Knight studierte <a href="Kunstgeschichte" title="Kunstgeschichte">Kunstgeschichte</a> an der <a href="State_University_of_New_York" title="State University of New York">State University of New York</a> und schloss das Studium 1976 mit dem <a href="Master" title="Master">Master of Arts (M. A.)</a> ab. Anschließend arbeitete er bis 1979 als <a href="Kurator_(Museum)" title="Kurator (Museum)">Kurator</a> am Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Danach folgte 1979–1980 eine Anstellung als stellvertretender Leiter (Assistant Director) der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit im <a href="Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art" title="Los Angeles County Museum of Art">Los Angeles County Museum of Art</a>. Ab 1980 arbeitete Knight als Kunstkritiker für die Zeitung Los Angeles Herald Examiner. Nachdem die Zeitung 1989 eingestellt worden war, wechselte Knight zur <a href="Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a>, für die er bis in die Gegenwart regelmäßig schreibt. Darüber hinaus war er Gastkommentator in anderen Medien, darunter die <a href="CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS</a>-Nachrichtensendung <i><a href="60_Minutes" title="60 Minutes">60 Minutes</a></i>, die <a href="Public_Broadcasting_Service" title="Public Broadcasting Service">PBS</a>-<i>Newshour</i>, die <a href="National_Public_Radio" title="National Public Radio">NPR</a>-Sendungen <i><a href="Morning_Edition" title="Morning Edition">Morning Edition</a></i> und <i><a href="All_Things_Considered" title="All Things Considered">All Things Considered</a></i> und bei <a href="CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>. Zudem wirkte er im Dokumentarfilm <i>The Art of the Steal</i> über den umstrittenen Umzug der <a href="Barnes_Foundation" title="Barnes Foundation">Barnes Foundation</a> nach <a href="Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> mit.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Auszeichnungen">Auszeichnungen</h2></div>
<p>Knight war dreimal (1991,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2001<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und 2007<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) für den <a href="Pulitzer-Preis/Kritik" title="Pulitzer-Preis/Kritik">Pulitzer-Preis für Kritik</a> nominiert. 1997 erhielt er den <i>Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism</i> der College Art Association.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Das Atlanta College of Art ernannte Knight 1999 zum <a href="Ehrendoktor" title="Ehrendoktor">Ehrendoktor der Schönen Künste</a>. Im selben Jahr wurde er Ehrenmitglied (Distinguished Alumnus) des Hartwick College in <a href="Oneonta_(New_York)" title="Oneonta (New York)">Oneonta (New York)</a>. 2009 erhielt er einen <i>Souther California Journalism Award</i> des Los Angeles Press Club für seinen Beitrag <i>Precious Stone</i> über eine <a href="Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini" title="Gian Lorenzo Bernini">Bernini</a>-Ausstellung im <a href="J._Paul_Getty_Museum" title="J. Paul Getty Museum">Getty Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>2020 erhielt Knight den Pulitzer-Preis für Kritik.
</p>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Veröffentlichungen"><span id="Ver.C3.B6ffentlichungen"></span>Veröffentlichungen</h2></div>
<ul><li>mit Howard Singerman: <i>The Barry Lowen Collection</i>. Ausstellungskatalog The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Los Angeles 1986, <span class="falsche-isbn">ISBN 0-94357-10-7</span>.</li>
<li><i>Art of the sixties and seventies: the Panza Collection</i>. Rizzoli, New York 1987, ISBN 0-8478-0916-1.</li>
<li><i>Last chance for Eden: selected art criticism; 1979–1994</i>, Art Issues Press, Los Angeles 1995, ISBN 0-9637264-2-0.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1326733/">Eintrag zu <i>The Art of the Steal</i> auf www.imdb.com</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/christopher-knight">Zur Pulitzer-Prize-Nominierung 1991 siehe die Internetseite www.pulitzer.org</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/christopher-knight-0">Zur Pulitzer-Prize-Nominierung 2001 siehe die Internetseite www.pulitzer.org</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/christopher-knight-1">Zur Pulitzer-Prize-Nominierung 2007 siehe die Internetseite www.pulitzer.org</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collegeart.org/programs/awards/mather">Zur Preisverleihung an Christopher Knight siehe die Internetseite der College Art Association</a></span>
</li>
<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2009/06/art-critic-christopher-knight-wins-la.html">Sharon Butler: <i>Art critic Christopher Knight wins LA Press Club award.</i></a> Onlineartikel vom 15. Juni 2009 auf www.twocoatsofpaint.com</span>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="hintergrundfarbe1 rahmenfarbe1 navigation-not-searchable normdaten-typ-p" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; clear: left; margin-bottom:1em; margin-top:1em; padding: 0.25em; overflow: hidden; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;" id="normdaten">
<div style="display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;">
<div>
Normdaten (Person): <a href="Gemeinsame_Normdatei" title="Gemeinsame Normdatei">GND</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/1210832496">1210832496</a></span> | <a href="Library_of_Congress_Control_Number" title="Library of Congress Control Number">LCCN</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n86036942">n86036942</a></span> | <a href="Virtual_International_Authority_File" title="Virtual International Authority File">VIAF</a>: <span class="-print"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/100311296/">100311296</a></span> | </div>
</div></div>
</div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
Dieser Artikel wurde von <a class="external text" title="Zuletzt bearbeitet am 2025-12-03" href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/?title=Christopher_Knight&oldid=262076162">Wikipedia</a> herausgegeben. Der Text ist unter <a class="external text" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0</a> verfügbar, sofern nicht anders angegeben. Für die Mediendateien können zusätzliche Bedingungen gelten.
</div>
</div><!--/htdig_noindex--></div>
</div>
</main>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="./_webp_/webpHandler.js"></script>
</body></html>