Ave atque vale
by Donald Kagan
Upon his retirement from Yale, Donald Kagan considers the future of liberal education in this farewell speech.
Upon his retirement from Yale, Donald Kagan considers the future of liberal education in this farewell speech.
Changes to the AP stylebook show that we’re blinding ourselves to the connections between Islamic extremism and terrorism.
The enthralling history of eighteenth-century London.
On the novelist’s huddled masses.
Chinese artist Yue Minjun speaks out about China’s problems in his paintings.
After getting tossed from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 for throwing another patron’s cellphone, Kevin D. Williamson provides coverage of Orphans, Jekyll & Hyde, and Bull: The Bullfight Play.
On the refurbished Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam and “The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America” at the newly renovated Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
On “Richard Serra: Early Work” at David Zwirner, New York.
On “Albrecht Dürer: Master Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints from the Albertina” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
On “The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism” at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine.
On “Jeff Koons: Gazing Ball” at David Zwirner, “Jeff Koons: New Paintings and Sculpture” at Gagosian Gallery, “Andrew Seto: Lazy Reader” at Theodore:Art, Brooklyn, “James Little: Never Say Never, Recent Work” at June Kelly Gallery, “William Meyers: New York, Look & Listen” at Nailya Alexander Gallery, and “Don Voisine” at McKenzie Fine Art.
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On recent performances by Isabel Leonard, the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the Staatskapelle Dresden, Mitsuko Uchida, and more.
Equations, austerity, and the limitations of clinging to theory.
On The Word on the Street by Paul Muldoon, Mayakovsky’s Revolver by Matthew Dickman, Come, Thief by Jane Hirshfield, Quick Question by John Ashbery, The Late Parade by Adam Fitzgerald, and Red Doc> by Anne Carson.
The lost art of memorizing poetry.
Notes & Comments
Higher education bubble: Williams edition
by The Editors
Based on a scathing report about Bowdoin, Williams College deserves closer scrutiny.
A note of thanks
by The Editors
Celebrating the end of another publishing season.