Funding the arts: who decides?
by Samuel Lipman
On the difficulties of the appreciation of art works.
Features
The end of the museum?
by Nelson Goodman
On defining museums and their role.
The pact: my friendship with Isak Dinesen
by Thorkild Bjornvig
Translated from the Danish by Ingvar Schousboe & William Jay Smith; introduction by William Jay Smith.
The fixed moment: the poetry of L. E. Sissman
by Brad Leithauser
On L. E. Sissman’s poetry.
Architecture
Aedicular modern: the architecture of Michael Graves
by William H. Jordy
On Graves’s design and architecture.
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In search of the good Shepard
by Mimi Kramer
On True West, Fool for Love & other plays by Sam Shepard.
Art
The return of the nativist
by Hilton Kramer
On Grant Wood at the Whitney.
Books
Fiction chronicle
How he saved himself
by Erich Eichman
On Beautiful Women; Ugly Scenes by C. D. B. Bryan.
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Annals of the Polish avant-garde
by Ewa Kuryluk
On Présences Polonaises in Paris.