“All sail, no anchor”: architecture after modernism
by Michael J. Lewis
On American modernism in architecture. The fourth of our series “Lengthened shadows: America and Its Institutions in the Twenty-first Century.”
Features
A conversation with William Bailey
by William Bailey
In Chicago this fall, the poet Mark Strand interviewed the figurative painter William Bailey about the genesis and direction of his art.
In the kitchen of art
by Marco Grassi
A conservationist discusses his business.
The rape of the masters
by Roger Kimball
On the trend away from art in art history.
What is strange about the Dahesh Museum?
by James Panero
On the reopening of a curious New York institution.
Romanticism at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “Crossing the Channel: British and French Painting in the Age of Romanticism.”
The dream made real
by Jeffrey Meyers
On Degas’s scupture.
New realities for the art museum
by Kenneth Wayne
On trends for art museums.
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by John Gross
On changes in the British political climate.
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PETA politics, Dreamworks score
by Mark Steyn
On Wicked at the Gershwin theater.
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Art
The “Blue Rider” imbroglio
by Hilton Kramer
On the circle of modernist painters in Munich that came to be known as the Blue Rider.
Exhibition note
by Eric Gibson
Eric Gibson on “Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment,” at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent piano recitals by Alicia de Larrocha & Zoltán Kocsis.
Start the revolution without them
by David Mermelstein
On Nicholas and Alexandra the first work commissioned exclusively by the Los Angeles Opera.
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The media
The story the media missed
by James Bowman
Should the news desk be handed over to the sports writers?
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Verse chronicle
Out on the lawn
by William Logan
Reviews of Nine Horses, by Billy Collins; Departure, by Rosanna Warren; The Selected Poems of Howard Nemerov, by Howard Nemerov, edited by Daniel Anderson; The Perishing, by Sherod Santos; Blue Hour, by Carolyn Forché; & The Love Bomb, and Other Musical Pieces, by James Fenton.
Books
John Clare: freedom & enclosure
by Paul Dean
A review of I Am: The Selected Poetry of John Clare, edited by Jonathan Bate.
Delusion & inhumanity
by David Pryce-Jones
Leap of faith
by Marc M. Arkin
A review of A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic, by John E. Ferling.
Notes & Comments
Reviving the bard
by The Editors
On the NEA’s project: “Shakespeare in American Communities.”
Earth to Gore
by The Editors
On Gore Vidal’s ranting in The LA Weekly.
Ted Kennedy weighs in
by The Editors
On Senator Kennedy’s verbal extremity.
Honoring Leszek Kolakowski
by The Editors
On the first Kluge Prize.
A note on art
by The Editors
On this month’s expanded section on visual art.