Being Leonardo
by James Hankins
On “Léonard de Vinci” at the Louvre.
Features
Navigating the new MoMA
by Karen Wilkin
On the expansion and reinstallation of the Museum of Modern Art.
Florence’s missing link
by Eric Gibson
On “Bertoldo di Giovanni: The Renaissance of Sculpture in Medici Florence” at the Frick Collection.
Old New York in brick & stone
by Peter Pennoyer
On Bricks & Brownstone: The New York Row House by Charles Lockwood.
A perfect pairing: new Nabi art at the Phillips
by Andrew L. Shea
On “Bonnard to Vuillard: The Intimate Poetry of Everyday Life—The Nabi Collection of Vicki and Roger Sant,” at the Phillips Collection.
Landscapes, Quaker & otherwise
by Michael J. Lewis
On “From the Schuylkill to the Hudson: Landscapes of the Early American Republic,” at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
A mastiff undertaking
by Benjamin Riley
On Dogs in Art by Susie Green.
Worming his way into the heart of the crowd
by D. J. Taylor
On The Complete Outsider: Always Almost: Never Quite by Brian Sewell.
No place like home
by James Panero
On American architectural style.
Poems
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Reflections
The importance of being Ernst
by Andrew Stuttaford
On A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941–1945 by Ernst Jünger.
Theater
Preoccupations present & past
by Kyle Smith
On The Sound Inside at Studio 54, Slave Play at the Golden Theatre & The Rose Tattoo at the American Airlines Theatre.
Art
There ought to be clowns
by Julia Friedman
On a new series of works by the American artist Wayne Thiebaud.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Charcoal” at the Morgan Library & Museum.
Exhibition note
by Franklin Einspruch
On “N. C. Wyeth: New Perspectives” at the Portland Museum of Art.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the pianist Marc-André Hamelin; Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera; the Munich Philharmonic, conducted by Valery Gergiev; and the soprano Golda Schultz.
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The media
Just politics
by James Bowman
On the narcissism of small differences.
Verse chronicle
Truth or consequences
by William Logan
On The Truth about Magic by Atticus, Feel Free by Nick Laird, Arias by Sharon Olds, Song of Songs: A Poem by Sylvie Baumgartel, Frolic and Detour by Paul Muldoon & Terminator: Poems, 2008–2018 by Richard Kenney.
Notes & Comments
Peter Collier, 1939—2019
by The Editors
On the life and work of Peter Collier.