Fairfield Porter: an American classic
by Hilton Kramer
On the retrospective at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Features
The Bard & company
by David Paul
On Shakespeare & his literary forerunners, contemporaries & heirs.
Literary biography
by Joseph Epstein
On writing on writers.
Lewis Mumford: on the way to the New Jerusalem
by Edward Shils
Art
The González exhibition
by William Tucker
On Julio González’s style and sculptures.
Mr. Ludwig goes to Moscow
by Elaine Elizer
On the artistic life in the Soviet Union.
Theater
Want in the midst of “Plenty”
by Mimi Kramer
On plays by Caryl Churchill, David Hare, and Julian Mitchell.
Books
Notebook
PBS flogs the arts
by Samuel Lipman
On musical performances in New York City.