T. J. Clark in winter
by Michael J. Lewis
On the Marxist art historian and his new book, The Sight of Death: An Experiment in Art Writing.
Features
Abstraction’s moment
by Karen Wilkin
The death of abstract art has been greatly exaggerated.
The secret history of modern art
by James Panero
An exploration of the symbolist origins of modern art.
Who owns the past?
by Marco Grassi
On the legal tribulations of treasure.
A conversation with Graham Nickson
by David Yezzi
David Yezzi interviews the painter Graham Nickson, director of the New York Studio School.
Poems
Lucretius on optical illusions
by A. E. Stallings
From “De rerum natura,” book four
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Reconsiderations
Truth & lies
by Paul Hollander
On the fiftieth anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising.
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Theater
Cleaning house
by Brooke Allen
Brooke Allen on Grey Gardens, Butley, and The Clean House
Art
Epics in miniature
by Eric Gibson
On the Mesopotamian cylinder seals from the permanent collection, on view at the Morgan Library.
Exhibition note
by Molly McQuade
On The Wonderful Art of Oz at the Eric Carle Museum.
Exhibition note
by David Yezzi
On Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Paintings & Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
Jay Nordlinger on music.
Concert note
by Ben Finane
On Helene Grimaud at Carnegie Hall.
The media
Biased sensationalism
by James Bowman
James Bowman explores the faux objectivity of the news media around election time.
Verse chronicle
God’s chatter
by William Logan
On Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard, Mark Strand’s Man and Camel, A. R. Ammons’s Ommateum, with Doxology, Louise Glück’s Firstborn, and Franz Wright’s God’s Silence.
Books
Life & left-handedness
by James Franklin
On Martin Gardner’s The New Ambidextrous Universe: Symmetry & Asymmetry from Mirror Reflections to Superstrings.
Betje life
by Paul Dean
On A. N. Wilson’s Betjeman and Betjeman’s Collected Poems.
A walking contradiction
by Robert P. George
On Andrew Sullivan’s The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back.
Tortured forms
by Jeffrey Meyers
Voice of thunder
by R. J. Stove
On Hans Hotter’s Memoirs.
The bland inquisitor
by Hal Johnson
On Sam Harris’s Letter to a Christian Nation.
Parentis gone loco
by Stefan Beck
On Michael Bywater’s Big Babies.
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Notes & Comments
Milton Friedman, 1912-2006
by The Editors
On the passing of the great economist.
The New Criterion on art
by The Editors
An introduction to the 2006 art issue.
S. Lane Faison, 1907-2006
by The Editors
An appreciation of the influential art critic and teacher.