Abraham Lincoln: American prophet
by James Piereson
On how Abraham Lincoln dealt with the press and the founders’ legacy.
Features
A monumental shame
by Bruce Cole
Plans for an Eisenhower memorial on the National Mall have taken a shameful turn.
The passionate eye
by Marco Grassi
Review of Rendez-vous with Art, by Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford.
The “new” New Brutalism
by Michael J. Lewis
Brutalism is back.
Drawing with scissors
by Karen Wilkin
Review of “Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs” opened at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
The cost of culture
by Daniel Grant
Do high admission costs hurt museums in the long run?
David’s slingshot
by Victoria Coates
The relationship between great art and democracy.
How Brooklyn missed Brooklyn
by James Panero
For years, the Brooklyn Museum has overlooked the art happening in its own backyard.
Poems
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Reconsiderations
Augustus & the birth of the West
by Michael Auslin
Is Augustus still relevant 2000 years after his death?
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Theater
Crowded house
by Kevin D. Williamson
Reviews of The Country House & The Real Thing.
Art
London chronicle
by Christie Davies
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.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Leann Davis Alspaugh
On “Wynn Bullock: Revelations” at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
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.
The media
Strategic thinking
by James Bowman
On a recent show of political theater.
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Verse chronicle
The glory days
by William Logan
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
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Books
A nation in retreat
by Keith Windschuttle
Eliot in full
by Denis Donoghue
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
Awaking the theologian
by Marc M. Arkin
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Notebook
The outdoor kid
by Stefan Beck
Revisting John Muir’s adventures in the wilderness on the 100th anniversary of his death.
Letters to the Editor
A controversial comparison
by Conrad Black
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.