Peter Michael Fuller (31 August 1947 – 28 April 1990) was a British art critic and magazine editor.
Fuller was born in Damascus, Syria, and educated at Epsom College and Peterhouse, Cambridge.[1] In the early 1970s he wrote for the radical newspapers Black Dwarf and Seven Days,[1] and was responsible for establishing the latter,[2] "a short-lived Marxist glossy weekly".[3] Fuller subsequently freelanced elsewhere. Originally a follower of the critic John Berger, Fuller moved to the political right in mid-life, coming into conflict with his former allies Art & Language.
Peter Fuller was the founding editor of the art magazine Modern Painters, launched in 1987,[4] reflecting his admiration for the aesthetic principles of John Ruskin. In the spring of 1989 he was appointed art critic of The Daily Telegraph.[1] Along with such books as Art and Psychoanalysis, Fuller wrote regularly for Art Monthly UK and New Society for nearly 20 years.
Fuller died in a car accident on the M4 motorway in Berkshire on 28 April 1990.[5] Peter Fuller is buried in Stowlangtoft, Suffolk, UK.
The archive of Fuller's letters, journals and writings is held at the Tate Gallery in London. The Peter Fuller Memorial Foundation, a registered English charity (no.1014623), was set up in 1991. The Foundation hosts an annual lecture at the Tate Gallery and runs the online art magazine Art Influence.
Peter Fuller made a number of documentaries with Mike Dibb, including;