At the Bauhaus: the fate of art in “the Cathedral of Socialism”
by Hilton Kramer
On pure art’s purpose.
Features
The fallen world of Geoffrey Hill
by William Logan
On Mr. Hill’s New & Collected Poems.
Degas & his landscapes
by Karen Wilkin
On “Degas Landscapes” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Seductive monsters: Laclos’s “Liaisons dangereuses”
by Renee Winegarten
A liaison with Laclos.
Poems
Art
Unforgotten years
by Jed Perl
On a variety of historical gallery shows in New York City.
Exhibition note
by Eric Gibson
On “Howard Hodgkin: Recent Paintings” at Knoedler & Co.
Exhibition note
by Roger Kimball
On “The Golden Age of Danish Painting” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Theater
On belly & floor in Pinterland
by Donald Lyons
On the Broadway revival of Pinter’s No Man’s Land.
The media
Winter games
by James Bowman
On media coverage of the Tonya Harding case & other matters.
Books
A moralist restored
by Vasily Rudich
A review of Ronald Mellor’s Tacitus.
If the suit fits…
by Brooke Allen
A review of A Frolic of His Own by William Gaddis.
The boys & their baby
by Christopher Carduff
A review of We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures by Maurice Sendak.
Thistles & thorns
by Michael Glover
A review of Selected Poetry by Hugh MacDiarmid.
Big little lady
by Marc M. Arkin
A review of Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life by Joan D. Hedrick.
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Notebook
Richard Wilbur: a tribute
by John Simon
On poetry.
Notes & Comments
A prescription for fatuousness
by The Editors
Beverly Sills at Lincoln Center
by The Editors
The fringe as mainstream
by The Editors