Future tense, IV: America & the angels of Sacré-Cœur
by David B. Hart
On the future of religion in America.
Features
Islam by any other name
by Michael J. Lewis
On the Met’s reopening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia.
The mechanics of Mannerism
by Patrick Monahan
On the rise of the new maniera.
Commune plus one
by James Panero
On Occupy Wall Street & the legacy of the Paris Commune.
Faces of the Renaissance
by Marco Grassi
On Renaissance portraiture.
Speculating on the art market
by Jane Kallir
On the ongoing tug-of-war between good investment and speculative excess in the art market.
An interview with Jacob Collins
by David Yezzi
TNC’s David Yezzi talks with the painter about his life, his work, and the world of figurative art.
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Assumptions
by Kevin D. Williamson
On The Mountaintop, Asuncion & Children.
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Art
Marioni’s liquid light at the Phillips
by Karen Wilkin
On “Eye to Eye: Joseph Marioni at the Phillips” at the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
Exhibition note
by Christie Davies
On “Postmodernism, Style & Subversion” at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Degas & the Nude” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
“Idomeneo” on Crete
by Heather Mac Donald
On the Opera San José’s production of Mozart’s 1781 work.
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The media
Scandals ad absurdam
by James Bowman
On the media’s coverage of Herman Cain.
Verse chronicle
Civil wars
by William Logan
On Flies by Michael Dickman; Touch by Henri Cole; Radial Symmetry by Katherine Larson; Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins; A Hundred Doors by Michael Longley & Clavics by Geoffrey Hill.
Notes & Comments
The New Criterion on art
by the Editors
A look at tenth annual special art issue.
The writing on the wall
by the Editors
On the overreaction to rude graffiti at Williams.