A taste for wormwood & gall
by Anthony Daniels
On the masochism of John Stuart Mill.
On the masochism of John Stuart Mill.
On the decline of the Gray Lady.
On the life of the great actress & memoirist.
On the lasting power of the composer & his tumultuous life.
On Freedom, 03, A Visit from the Goon Squad & Dogfight, A Love Story.
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On For Better or For Worse, An Ideal Husband & The Importance of Being Earnest & Murder in the Cathedral.
On “Miró: The Dutch Interiors” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On “Deborah Kass: MORE Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times” at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.
“Jon Schueler: The Castelli Years” at David Findlay, Jr. Fine Art, New York.
On “Visual Sensations: The Paintings of Robert Swain, 1967–2010” at the Hunter College Times Square Gallery; “Julian Stanczak: Color–Grid” at Danese
Gallery & “On Paper: Painted, Printed, Drawn” at Jill Newhouse Gallery.
On Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera; Wynton Marsalis & Alan Gilbert with the New York Philharmonic; Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustavo Dudamel with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall; and Maa at the Miller Theater.
Adventures in punditry.
Notes & Comments
Mario Vargas Llosa
by The Editors
The Nobel Committee gets it right for once.
Speaking of multiculturalism . . .
by The Editors
On Chancellor Merkel’s recent comments.
William B. Warren 1934—2010
by The Editors
In memoriam.