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by John Talbot
On the “finest critic of Classical literature in English translation since Matthew Arnold.”
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Brown the brilliant
by Anthony Daniels
On the ex-PM’s new memoir.
Fires in their bellies
by Judith H. Dobrzynski
On the irresponsibility of all involved in the “Hide/Seek” controversy.
Romare Bearden at 100
by David Yezzi
On the blend of Classical & modernist influences on the painter’s art.
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by Stefan Beck
On The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Slim by Jonathan Coe, Emily, Alone by Stewart O’Nan, Swamplandia! by Karen Russell & The Pale King by David Foster Wallace.
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Ethel Mormons
by Kevin D. Williamson
On The Book of Mormon & Bengal Tiger
Art
Gauguin at the National Gallery
by Karen Wilkin
On “Gauguin: Maker of Myth” at the National Gallery, Washington, DC.
Exhibition note
by Marco Grassi
On “Passion in Venice: Crivelli to Tintoretto & Veronese” at the Museum of Biblical Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Glenn Ligon: America” at the Whitney Museum of Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Christie Davies
On “The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860–1900” at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “In the Use of Others for the Change: A Program of New Ballets by Julia K. Gleich” at the Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn; “Kenneth Noland: Paintings 1958–1968” at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; and “Structured Color” at D. Wigmore Fine Art, New York.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Michael Tilson Thomas with the New York Philharmonic; Queen of Spades, Le Comte Ory & Tosca at the Met; Nikolaj Znaider & the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall; Dorothea Röschmann & David Daniels at Carnegie Hall; & Ignatz Solzhenitsyn at Le Poisson Rouge.
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Thornton Wilder & the gods
by James Como
Reconsidering The Alcestiad.
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Disinterestedness, Judis style
by The Editors
On partisan non-partisanship.
Defacement art
by The Editors
On the sad spectacle of graffiti in the museum.