James Panero

James S. Panero is an American cultural critic and the executive editor of The New Criterion.

Panero was born December 15, 1975 in New York City, and grew up on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He attended the preparatory school Trinity in Manhattan. Panero graduated from Dartmouth in 1998, where he majored in classics. In his sophomore year he was appointed editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth Review.

Panero joined the editorial staff of National Review upon graduation. In 1999 he worked in Gstaad, Switzerland as a writing assistant to William F. Buckley Jr on his novel Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (Harcourt, 2000).

Before joining The New Criterion in 2001, Panero was a graduate student in the History of Art and Architecture department at Brown University, where he was awarded the University Scholarship. His area of focus was late-nineteenth-century French modernism.

Panero became the monthly gallery critic of The New Criterion in 2003. His "Gallery Chronicle" column has been praised by writers, artists, and collectors for its coverage of the outer boroughs of New York and their alternative art scenes.

Panero is now an art and cultural critic for several publications, including New York Magazine,The New York Times Book Review,The Wall Street Journal,City Journal,Philanthropy Magazine,Forbes, The International Herald Tribune, Humanities Magazine,National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Claremont Review, The University Bookman, and The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. In 2007, he became a regular writer for Art & Antiques Magazine. His work is frequently cited for its critical authority.

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