Architecture June 2019
The past & future of Notre-Dame
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On the preservation and reconstruction of the cathedral of Notre-Dame.
Topic: “France”
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.
Apr 18, 2019
Week in review
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On rebuilding Notre Dame, selling Salvator Mundi, Shakespeare’s parish & more.
Apr 05, 2019
Week in review
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On Ian Buruma, Bergman the novelist, Toulouse-Lautrec & more.
Mar 15, 2019
Week in review
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On Hudson Yards, literature without criticism, the real St. Patrick & more.
Feb 22, 2019
Week in review
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On the “perfect novel,” friends of France, the New York Studio School building & more.
Letter from . . . January 2019
Numbered among the “ploucs”
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On the recent political unrest in Macron’s France.
Nov 14, 2018
We interrupt this ceremony for a word from our ideology
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On the weaponization of Armistice Day.
Oct 25, 2018
France’s favorite radical
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On a new collection of Simone Weil’s writings.