ABOUT THE NEW CRITERION
On the front lines of the battle for culture.
The New Criterion, edited by Roger Kimball, was founded in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman. A monthly review of the arts and intellectual life, The New Criterion began as an experiment in critical audacity—a publication devoted to engaging, in Matthew Arnold’s famous phrase, with “the best that has been thought and said.”
This also meant engaging with those forces dedicated to traducing genuine cultural and intellectual achievement, whether through obfuscation, politicization, or a commitment to nihilistic absurdity. We are proud that The New Criterion has been at the forefront both of championing what is best and most humanely vital in our cultural inheritance and of exposing what is mendacious, corrosive, and spurious.
Published monthly from September through June, The New Criterion brings together a wide range of young and established critics whose common aim is to bring you the most incisive criticism being written today.
“As a critical periodical, The New Criterion is probably more consistently worth reading than any other magazine in English.”
– Julian Symons
the Times Literary Supplement
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ENDORSEMENTS
“America’s leading review of the arts and intellectual life.”
– The Daily Telegraph of London
“A review of the arts and intellectual life, the iconic monthly is as smart as it is bold. Each issue is chock-full of wise observations about culture and politics, pinpoint attacks on political correctness, and long-form examinations of things that matter.”
– Michael Goodwin, New York Post
“More consistently worth reading than any other magazine in English.”
– The Times Literary Supplement
“Indeed, nearly all the magazine’s reviewing— of books, art, and music—is first-rate. The poetry featured is comparably exceptional with a strong preference for formal verse (which is just fine by me).”
– Michael Dirda
“A refuge for a civilizing element in short supply in contemporary America: honest criticism.”
– The Wall Street Journal
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The New Criterion is published by The Foundation for Cultural Review, 900 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, a nonprofit public foundation as described in Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, EIN 13-3108424, which solicits and accepts contributions from a wide range of sources, including public and private foundations, corporations, and the general public. Contributions to The New Criterion are tax-deductible according to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. All gifts in excess of $75 will be acknowledged with a written disclosure statement describing the “quid pro quo” deductibility under section 6115 of the Internal Revenue Code.