Populism, IV: The German victory over American populism
by Fred Siegel
On the influence of German thought on the evolution of American politics.
Features
Introduction: the future of permanence in an age of ephemera
by Roger Kimball
An introduction to The New Criterion’s symposium on museums.
The museum of the present
by James Panero
How museums have gone from being about something to being for somebody.
Notes on the postmodern museum
by Eric Gibson
On the distinct phases in the evolution of art museums.
Less can be more
by Karen Wilkin
On the merits of simple museum displays.
The museum as “town hall”
by Bruce Cole
On the blurring of the line between art and politics.
I swear by Apollo
by Michael J. Lewis
On the evolution of museum architecture.
Conserving Kahn
by George Knight
On the renovation of the Yale Center for British Art.
The birth of an idea
by Marco Grassi
On the emergence of the art museum.
Tempus fugit, ars brevis
by Philippe de Montebello
On the ephemerality of art works.
The future of permanence a discussion
by The Editors
Panel discussions from The New Criterion’s symposium on museums.
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Reconsiderations
Watts’s pastoral apocalypse
by Dominic Green
On the career and style of the Symbolist painter.
Theater
Regime change
by Kyle Smith
On Love, Love, Love at the Laura Pels Theatre, The Cherry Orchard at the American Airlines Theatre, and Holiday Inn at Studio 54.
Art
Lessons from Beckmann
by Mario Naves
On “Max Beckmann in New York” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Benjamin Riley
On “Beyond Caravaggio” at the National Gallery in London.
Exhibition note
by Genevieve Wheeler Brown
On “Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830” at the Yale University Art Gallery.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Jane Eyre performed by the Center for Contemporary Opera, Denis Matsuev’s piano recital at Carnegie Hall, and Guillaume Tell performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
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The media
Groovin’ on the shock
by James Bowman
On the election and the triumph of rhetoric.
Verse chronicle
Home & away
by William Logan
On Forever Words by Johnny Cash, George Washington: Poems by Adam Fitzgerald, and more recently published poetry.
Notes & Comments
Trumped-up, trickle-down outrage
by The Editors
On the popular reaction to the presidential election.