Notebook March 2019
Wendy Beckett, 1930–2018
A remembrance of the nun and popular art critic.
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Notebook February 2019
Naming things as they are
On A. E. Stallings’s new translation of the Works and Days.
Notebook January 2019
Making book in Russia
On the subject of gambling in canonical Russian literature.
Notebook December 2018
Picture power
On finding inspiration in a personal art collection.
Notebook November 2018
Critics & criticism
A legendary critic looks back on his career.
Notebook November 2018
Robert Venturi, 1925–2018
On the godfather of postmodernist architecture, who died in September.
Notebook October 2018
Rodney Nichols, 1937–2018
On the scientist, CO2 Coalition leader, and New Criterion supporter, who died this September.
Notebook October 2018
V. S. Naipaul, 1932–2018
On the Trinidad-born British writer, who died this August.
Notebook September 2018
Donald Hall, 1928–2018
On the late U.S. Poet Laureate and essayist.
Notebook June 2018
“Heini” & Getty
On Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza & J. Paul Getty.