Abraham Lincoln: American prophet
by James Piereson
On how Abraham Lincoln dealt with the press and the founders’ legacy.
On how Abraham Lincoln dealt with the press and the founders’ legacy.
Plans for an Eisenhower memorial on the National Mall have taken a shameful turn.
Review of Rendez-vous with Art, by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford.
Brutalism is back.
Review of “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” opened at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Do high admission costs hurt museums in the long run?
The relationship between great art and democracy.
For years, the Brooklyn Museum has overlooked the art happening in its own backyard.
Is Augustus still relevant 2000 years after his death?
Reviews of The Country House & The Real Thing.
Reviews of “The EY Exhibition: Late Turner—Painting Set Free” at Tate Britain, London & “Constable: The Making of a Master” at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
On “Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On “Wynn Bullock: Revelations” at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
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The New York Philharmonic plays Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3, the Philadelphia Orchestra plays Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 at Carnegie Hall, and more.
On a recent show of political theater.
On Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Glück; Accepting the Disaster, by Joshua Mehigan; If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?, by Matthea Harvey; Gabriel, by Edward Hirsch; One Thousand Things Worth Knowing, by Paul Muldoon; The Heart Is Strange: New Selected Poems, by John Berryman
Review of The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot:
The Critical Edition, Volume 1: Apprentice Years, 1905–1918, edited by Jewel Spears Brooker & Ronald Schuchard & The Complete Prose of T. S. Eliot:
The Critical Edition, Volume 2: The Perfect Critic, 1919–1926, edited by Anthony Cuda & Ronald Schuchard
Revisting John Muir’s adventures in the wilderness on the 100th anniversary of his death.
A letter and a response to Conrad Black’s review of Napoleon: A Life (The New Criterion, November 2014).
Notes & Comments
Feminism & astrophysics
by The Editors
Radical feminists hijack the celebration of one of the most impressive feats of modern science.
The New Criterion on art
by The Editors
On our special art issue.