On Monet: The Restless Vision by Jackie Wullschläger.
Tokens of culture
On the medallic art of the Gilded Age.
Politics & the Venice Biennale
On the history of the Venice Biennale.
A monumental park
On the statues of Central Park.
Ghiberti versus Donatello
On the influence between the two contemporaries.
An interview with an Old Masters dealer
On the career of Ben Hall.
Features
Monet reversionism
by Paul Hayes Tucker
On Monet: The Restless Vision by Jackie Wullschläger.
Tokens of culture
by James Panero
On the medallic art of the Gilded Age.
Politics & the Venice Biennale
by Philip Rylands
On the history of the Venice Biennale.
A monumental park
by Michele H. Bogart
On the statues of Central Park.
Ghiberti versus Donatello
by Eric Gibson
On the influence between the two contemporaries.
An interview with an Old Masters dealer
by Benjamin Riley
On the career of Ben Hall.
The Scottish opera
by Paul du Quenoy
On Verdi’s Macbeth at the Washington National Opera.
The Critic’s Notebook
by the Editors
On murder, notebooks, Gerald Russello, Franz Kafka & more from the world of culture.
Poems
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Letter from London
West End boys
by Dominic Green
On recent performances of Waiting for Godot, Oedipus & Dr. Strangelove.
Theater
Circular views
by Kyle Smith
On King Lear, The Hills of California & Hold on to Me Darling.
Art
Manet ’round the family
by Franklin Einspruch
On “Manet: A Model Family” at the Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston.
Old fools
by David Platzer
On “Figures of the Fool” & “A New Look at Watteau” at the Louvre.
Exhibition note
by Leann Davis Alspaugh
On “Farm to Table: Art, Food, and Identity in the Age of Impressionism” at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On performances at the Park Avenue Armory, the Metropolitan Opera & more.
The media
Faux fascisti
by James Bowman
On the charge of “fascism.”
Verse chronicle
Forward into the past
by William Logan
On new poetry by Frederick Seidel, Robert Pinsky, Billy Collins, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Mosab Abu Toha & Frank X Walker.
Books
Waste management
by Simon Heffer
On The Conservative Effect, 2010–2024: 14 Wasted Years? edited by Anthony Seldon & Tom Egerton.
Fashioning history
by Brooke Allen
On All the Rage by Virginia Nicholson.
Blaisin’ in the sun
by Daniel J. Mahoney
On A Summer with Pascal by Antoine Compagnon, translated by Catherine Porter.
Notes & Comments
Nonprofit nabobery
by the Editors
On the Ford Foundation’s philanthropy.
Sharing is caring
by the Editors
On post-election “self-care.”
Bernie Marcus, 1929–2024
by the Editors
On our patron & friend Bernie Marcus.