Miró’s paradox: what happened after the “death of painting”
by Hilton Kramer
On Miró’s artistic development.
Features
Romain Rolland and political kitsch
by Renee Winegarten
On Romain Rolland’s life and writing.
Trouble in paradise: the gospel according to Pagels
by Roger Kimball
On Adam, Eve & the Serpent by Elaine Pagels.
“Out of it ere night”: the WASP gentleman as cultural ideal
by Jeffrey Hart
On American writers and their time.
Under the aspect of eternity: the fiction of Flannery O’Connor
by Bruce Bawer
A review of Collected Works, by Flannery O’Connor.
Poems
Music
New York Music: the crisis continues
by Samuel Lipman
On New York musical life.
Art
The hidden legacy of Anne Ryan
by Deborah Solomon
On Anne Ryan’s art and life.
International episode: the 1988 Carnegie International
by Jed Perl
On artists and exhibitions at the Carnegie Museum of Art.
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Dance
After the ball: “Cotillon” at the Joffrey
by Eva Resnikova
On Balanchine and New York ballet.
Books
Father Babbitt’s flock
by Terry Teachout
A review of Wheat That Springeth Green by J. F. Powers.
Boyhood adventure
by Brock Baker
A review of Desert Islands by Walter de la Mare.