Philip Kennicott
Philip Kennicott
Critic

Philip Kennicott is the Art and Architecture Critic of The Washington Post. He has been on staff at the Post since 1999, first as Chief Classical Music Critic, then as Culture Critic. In 2011 he combined art and architecture into a beat that is focused on everything visual in the nation’s capital.

Latest by Philip Kennicott

A gun exhibit that’s not about guns

A gun exhibit that’s not about guns

Philip Kennicott

At the Corcoran, guns are a prism for looking at how communities form in a complex world.

AIDS at a nexus

AIDS at a nexus

Philip Kennicott

As the threat of extinction passes and a new chapter begins for understanding AIDS, the gay community gains perspective on the past and its future.

Phillips Collection to open wax room

Phillips Collection to open wax room

Philip Kennicott

German artist Wolfgang Laib’s installation is scheduled to be unveiled early next year.

Critics of Gehry-designed Eisenhower monument step up opposition

Critics of Gehry-designed Eisenhower monument step up opposition

Philip Kennicott

Although they are in alignment about their view of Gehry’s work, the Eisenhowers and the National Civic Art Society are pursuing very different agendas.

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