Falling off: memories of Clem
by Pat Lipsky
On the famous modernist critic.
Features
A library by the book
by James Panero
On the politicization of the American library.
Among the roses
by Marco Grassi
On “The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England” at the Met.
Collecting misery
by Anthony Daniels
A review of On est bien arrivés by Renaud Epstein.
A sculptor in full
by Eric Gibson
On David Smith: The Art and Life of a Transformational Sculptor by Michael Brenson.
The Spanish Sargent
by Karen Wilkin
On “Sargent and Spain” at the National Gallery of Art.
A very sharp & mechanical man
by Benjamin Riley
On “Mr. Pergolesi’s Curious Things: Ornament in Eighteenth-Century Britain” at the Cooper Hewitt.
Poems
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Rex publicus
by Justin Zaremby
On the mystique of the British monarchy.
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Reconsiderations
The conflicted anti-colonialist
by Lisa Schiffren
On the career of Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Dance
Pirouette power
by Rupert Christiansen
On the history of ballet and politics.
Theater
The good, the bad & the ugly
by Kyle Smith
On Leopoldstadt, Topdog/Underdog, and 1776.
Art
To the summit, via Philadelphia
by Franklin Einspruch
On “Matisse in the 1930s” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Modigliani Up Close” at the Barnes Foundation.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Maxim Vengerov and Polina Osetinskaya at Carnegie Hall, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, La traviata, and the New York Philharmonic at the new David Geffen Hall.
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The media
Playing the fear card
by James Bowman
On the midterms and the media’s treatment of Liz Truss.
Verse chronicle
A sentimental education
by William Logan
On Cotton Candy by Ted Kooser, Musical Tables by Billy Collins, Midwood by Jana Prikryl, Songs of the Closing Doors by Patrick Phillips, Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong, and Canopy by Linda Gregerson.
Books
Notebook
Ruth Slenczynska at ninety-seven
by Charles Cronin
On the pianist’s career and method.
Notes & Comments
Decline . . .
by The Editors
On the rot in American institutions.
. . . & fall
by The Editors
On the Twitterati and art vandals.