Populism, X: The imperative of freedom
by Roger Kimball
On the struggle to keep government in the hands of a free people.
Features
Art in conversation
by Philippe de Montebello
On museums as havens for culture.
Wok star
by Andrew Stuttaford
On the cult of the Kibbo Kift.
A higher education
by Justin Zaremby
On seventy years of Directed Studies at Yale.
Poems
Letters from the World
The twilight of Zog
by David Pryce-Jones
On the Ottoman legacy in Albania.
Knocking up, geopolitics & Brexit
by Jeremy Black
On the state of British politics as experienced through canvassing.
Washington Journal
Balloonists & cherry blossoms
by Bruce Cole
On “Clouds in a Bag” at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center & “Inventing Utamaro” at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Reflections
The Met at middle age
by George Loomis
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera House.
Theater
Three cheers for femininity
by Kyle Smith
On Hello, Dolly! at the Shubert Theatre, A Doll’s House, Part 2 at the John Golden Theatre & War Paint at the Nederlander Theatre.
Art
The Botticelli mystique
by James Hankins
On “Boticelli and the Search for the Divine” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Independent Visions: Helene Schjerfbeck and Her Contemporaries” at Scandinavia House, New York.
Matisse in Montclair & Boston
by Karen Wilkin
On “Matisse and American Art” at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey & “Matisse in the Studio” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On the 2017 Met Gala, “Frieze New York” & “tefaf New York Spring.”
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On a new piano concerto by Timo Andres, a performance of the Bach Cello Suites by Alisa Weilerstein, the Metropolitan Opera’s fiftieth-anniversary gala & Der Rosenkavalier performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
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The media
A “narrative” outworn
by James Bowman
On the media’s self-serving presuppositions of scandal.
Verse chronicle
Hither & yon
by William Logan
On Commotion of the Birds by John Ashbery, Falling Awake by Alice Oswald, Album for the Young (and Old) by Vera Pavlova, Lacunae: 100 Imagined Ancient Love Poems by Daniel Nadler & Fast by Jorie Graham.
Notes & Comments
Have we had enough?
by The Editors
On reactions to the recent terror attack in Britain.
Meanwhile, in the academy
by The Editors
On the shambolic standards of academic publishing.
A word of thanks
by The Editors
Acknowledging the support of our circle of friends