February 2017
Cultural backwash
On the muddied state of art and identity.
On the muddied state of art and identity.
On the competing strains of populist politics.
On the style and influence of the French caricaturist.
On the life and poetry of Basil Bunting.
On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.
On Hungary’s struggle with national identity.
On “Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form” at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.
On “Robert Adam’s London” at Sir John Soane’s Museum, London.
On the paintings of Paul Nash.
On “Francis Picabia: Our Heads Are Round So Our Thoughts Can Change Direction” at the Museum of Modern Art.
On the Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History, the Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia, and the lessons we can learn from older museums.
On a new symphony by Wynton Marsalis performed by the New York Philharmonic, Roméo et Juliette performed by the Metropolitan Opera, and other recent performances.
On Complete Symphonies by Lukas Foss.
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