Nominations 2014 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Inga Saffron |
For her criticism of architecture that blends expertise, civic passion and sheer readability into arguments that consistently stimulate and surprise. |
| Mary McNamara |
For her trenchant and witty television criticism, engaging readers through essays and reviews that feature a conversational style and the force of fresh ideas. |
| Jenna Graves |
For her visual arts criticism that, with elegant and vivid description, informs readers about how to look at the complexities of contemporary art and the world in which it\u2019s made. |
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Nominations 2013 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Philip Kennicott |
For his eloquent and passionate essays on art and the social forces that underlie it, a critic who always strives to make his topics and targets relevant to readers. |
| Mary McNamara |
For her searching television criticism that often becomes a springboard for provocative comments on the culture at large. |
| Manohla Dargis |
For her enlightening movie criticism, vividly written and showing deep understanding of the business and art of filmmaking. |
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Nominations 2012 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Wesley Morris |
For his smart, inventive film criticism, distinguished by pinpoint prose and an easy traverse between the art house and the big-screen box office. |
| Philip Kennicott |
For his ambitious and insightful cultural criticism, taking on topical events from the uprisings in Egypt to the dedication of the Ground Zero memorial, causing readers to reflect on the world around them. |
| Tobi Tobias |
For work that reveals passion as well as deep historical knowledge of dance, her well-expressed arguments coming from the heart as well as the head. |
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Nominations 2011 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sebastian Smee |
For his vivid and exuberant writing about art, often bringing great works to life with love and appreciation. |
| Jonathan Gold |
For his delightful, authoritative restaurant reviews, escorting readers through a city\u2019s diverse food culture. |
| Nicolai Ouroussoff |
For his well honed architectural criticism, highlighted by ambitious essays on the burst of architectural projects in oil-rich Middle East countries. |
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Nominations 2010 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Sarah Kaufman |
For her refreshingly imaginative approach to dance criticism, illuminating a range of issues and topics with provocative comments and original insights. |
| Michael Feingold |
For his engaging, authoritative drama reviews that fuse passion and knowledge as he helps readers understand what makes a play or a performance successful. |
| A. O. Scott |
For his incisive film reviews that, with aplomb, embrace a wide spectrum of movies and often explore their connection to larger issues in society or the arts. |
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Nominations 2009 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Holland Cotter |
For his wide ranging reviews of art, from Manhattan to China, marked by acute observation, luminous writing and dramatic storytelling. |
| Inga Saffron |
For her fascinating and convincing architectural critiques that boldly confront important topics, from urban planning issues to the newest skyscraper. |
| Sebastian Smee |
For his fresh, accessible and energetic reviews on the New England art scene, creating for readers a sense of discovery even as he provides discerning analysis. |
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Nominations 2008 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Mark Feeney |
For his penetrating and versatile command of the visual arts, from film and photography to painting. |
| Ann Hornaday |
For her perceptive movie reviews and essays, reflecting solid research and an easy, engaging style. |
| Inga Saffron |
For her forceful critiques that illuminate the vital interplay between architecture and the life of her city. |
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Nominations 2007 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jonathan Gold |
For his zestful, wide ranging restaurant reviews, expressing the delight of an erudite eater. |
| Christopher Knight |
For his pieces on art that reflect meticulous reporting, aesthetic judgment and authoritative voice. |
| Mark Swed |
For his passionate music criticism, marked by resonant writing and an ability to give life to the people behind a performance. |
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Nominations 2006 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robin Givhan |
For her witty, closely observed essays that transform fashion criticism into cultural criticism. |
| Nicolai Ouroussoff |
For his graceful, contemplative and wide ranging critiques of architecture and urban design from New Orleans to Berlin. |
| Jerry Saltz |
For his fresh, down-to-earth pieces on the visual arts and other cultural topics. |
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Nominations 2005 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Joe Morgenstern |
For his reviews that elucidated the strengths and weaknesses of film with rare insight, authority and wit. |
| Frank Rich |
For boldly exploring the influence of popular culture on American politics and society. |
| Carlin Romano |
For bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics. |
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Nominations 2004 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Dan Neil |
For his one-of-a-kind reviews of automobiles, blending technical expertise with offbeat humor and astute cultural observations. |
| Nicolai Ouroussoff |
For his versatile architectural criticism that stretched from his hometown's new Disney Hall to the rubble in Baghdad, where he pondered the ancient city's resurrection. |
| Inga Saffron |
For her passionate and insightful architectural criticism that, through clear, elegant writing, was as accessible to the ordinary reader as it was to the expert. |
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Nominations 2003 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Stephen Hunter |
For his authoritative film criticism that is both intellectually rewarding and a pleasure to read. |
| John King |
For his perceptive, passionate criticism of architecture and urban design and their impact on life in his city. |
| Nicolai Ouroussoff |
For his commanding reviews and essays on architectural development and preservation in an ever-evolving city. |
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Nominations 2002 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Justin Davidson |
For his crisp coverage of classical music that captures its essence. |
| John King |
For his forcefully-expressed and engaging essays illustrating the role that architecture and urban design plays in the life of his city. |
| Joe Morgenstern |
For his witty and commanding criticism of contemporary films. |
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Nominations 2001 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Gail Caldwell |
The Boston Globe
For her insightful observations on contemporary life and literature. |
| Christopher Knight |
Los Angeles Times
For his passionate and publi'minded art criticism. |
| Jerry Saltz |
The Village Voice
For his fresh and engaging views on contemporary art. |
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Nominations 2000 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Henry Allen |
For his fresh and authoritative writing on photography. |
| Michael Kimmelman |
For his gracefully-written observations on art and artists. |
| Andrew Sarris |
For his informed and enlightening film criticism. |
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Nominations 1999 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Blair Kamin |
For his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting the development of Chicago's lakefront area. |
| Henry Allen |
For his illuminating criticism of photography and painting. |
| Gail Caldwell |
For her compelling observations on books and popular culture. |
| Justin Davidson |
For his fresh and vivid writing on classical music and its makers. |
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Nominations 1998 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michiko Kakutani |
For her passionate, intelligent writing on books and contemporary literature |
| Dorothy Rabinowitz |
For her tough-minded, critical columns on television and its place in politics and culture. |
| Peter Rainer |
For his versatile and perceptive writing about film. |
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Nominations 1997 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tim Page |
For his lucid and illuminating music criticism. |
| Herbert Muschamp |
For his criticism of architecture in America, written with devotion to the art, penetrating analysis and literate style. |
| Leslie Savan |
For her analytical columns about the forces at work behind advertising and consumerism, particularly on television. |
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Nominations 1996 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Robert Campbell |
For his knowledgeable writing on architecture. |
| Gail Caldwell |
For her insightful reviews and comments on books and the literary scene. |
| Stephen Hunter |
For his distinguished film criticism. |
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Nominations 1995 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Margo Jefferson |
For her book reviews and other cultural criticism. |
| Stephen Hunter |
For his film criticism. |
| Dorothy Rabinowitz |
For her writing about television. |
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Nominations 1994 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Lloyd Schwartz |
For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism. |
| Henry Allen |
For his imaginative and varied cultural criticism. |
| Matt Zoller Seitz |
For his lucid and insightful film criticism. |
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Nominations 1993 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Dirda |
For his book reviews |
| Gail Caldwell |
For her literary and social criticism. |
| Leonard Pitts |
For critical articles on popular music and culture. |
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Nominations 1991 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| David Shaw |
For his critiques of the way in which the media, including his own paper, reported the McMartin Pre-School child molestation case. |
| Christopher Knight |
For his columns on art and artists. |
| Joyce Millman |
For her television criticism. |
| Leslie Savan |
For perceptive articles critiquing various forms of advertising. |
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Nominations 1990 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Allan Temko |
For his architecture criticism. |
| Jory Farr |
For his pop music criticism. |
| Wayne Lee Gay |
For his critical coverage of the 1989 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. |
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Nominations 1989 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Michael Skube |
For his writing about books and other literary topics. |
| Joyce Millman |
For her criticism of television and other subjects. |
| David Richards |
For his theater criticism. |
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Nominations 1988 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Tom Shales |
For his television criticism. |
| Michael Skube |
For his book reviews. |
| Allan Temko |
For his architecture criticism. |
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Nominations 1987 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Richard Eder |
For his book reviews. |
| Frank Rich |
For his theater criticism. |
| Andrew Sarris |
For his film criticism. |
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Nominations 1986 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Donal Henahan |
For his music criticism. |
| Richard D. Christiansen |
For his theater criticism. |
| Richard Eder |
For his book reviews. |
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Nominations 1985 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Howard Rosenberg |
For his television criticism. |
| James Chute |
For his classical music criticism. |
| Margaret Manning |
For her book reviews. |
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Nominations 1984 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Paul Goldberger |
For architectural criticism. |
| Dan Cryer |
For his book reviews. |
| Ken Tucker |
For pop music criticism. |
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Nominations 1983 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Manuela Hoelterhoff |
For her wide-ranging criticism on the arts and other subjects. |
| Beth Dunlop |
For architectural criticism. |
| Stephen Schiff |
For film criticism. |
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Nominations 1982 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Martin Bernheimer |
For classical music criticism. |
| Marvin Kitman |
For television criticism. |
| Donal Henahan |
For music criticism. |
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Nominations 1981 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| Jonathan Yardley |
For his book reviews. |
| Henry Kisor |
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| Allan Temko |
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Nominations 1980 »
| Nominee |
Nominated Work |
| William A. Henry III |
For critical writing about television. |
| William C. Glackin |
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| William K. Robertson |
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