Reflections December 2019
The importance of being Ernst
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On A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941–1945 by Ernst Jünger.
Topic: “France”
Sep 19, 2019
A night with the organ
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On Paul Jacobs and the French tradition.
Jul 25, 2019
Is East always East?
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On two evenings in the cultural borderlands at l’Abbaye de Fontfroide, Narbonne.
Jul 15, 2019
Five hundred years after Leonardo
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Who gets to celebrate the renowned Renaissance genius?
Jul 12, 2019
Week in review
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On Frank Lloyd Wright, French polymaths, and live-streaming Rembrandt.
Jul 08, 2019
The Critic's Notebook
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On unorthodox art, theatrical do-overs, Proust, & more from the world of culture.
Jun 03, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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Constable and Turner, Paul Resika, the Albertine Prize & more from the world of culture.
Architecture June 2019
The past & future of Notre-Dame
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On the preservation and reconstruction of the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
May 13, 2019
The Sun King rises again
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A review of Louis XIV: The Power and the Glory, by Josephine Wilkinson.
Apr 24, 2019
The groundbreaking daguerreotype
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On “Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.