December 2016
Trumped-up, trickle-down outrage
On the popular reaction to the presidential election.
On the popular reaction to the presidential election.
On the influence of German thought on the evolution of American politics.
An introduction to The New Criterion’s symposium on museums.
How museums have gone from being about something to being for somebody.
On the distinct phases in the evolution of art museums.
On the merits of simple museum displays.
On the blurring of the line between art and politics.
On the evolution of museum architecture.
On the renovation of the Yale Center for British Art.
On the emergence of the art museum.
On the ephemerality of art works.
Panel discussions from The New Criterion’s symposium on museums.
On the career and style of the Symbolist painter.
On Love, Love, Love at the Laura Pels Theatre, The Cherry Orchard at the American Airlines Theatre, and Holiday Inn at Studio 54.
On “Max Beckmann in New York” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On “Beyond Caravaggio” at the National Gallery in London.
On “Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830” at the Yale University Art Gallery.
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.
On the election and the triumph of rhetoric.
On Forever Words by Johnny Cash, George Washington: Poems by Adam Fitzgerald, and more recently published poetry.
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