Letter from Paris September 2017
Internal rot
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On the graduate exhibition of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris.
Topic: “France”
May 23, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
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The works of an iconic gallerist, a rough revision of Revolutionary history, & more from the world of culture.
May 18, 2017
Is Paris burning?
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On France’s presidential election.
May 05, 2017
Week in review
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A rare case for the supremacy of France & the messy market for Modiglianis.
Art May 2017
Exhibition note
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On “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Features February 2017
Battle of battles
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On the one-hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Verdun.
Dec 02, 2016
Week in review
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Orwell on the Left’s class confusion, and Hollande’s hollow “change.”
Nov 30, 2016
“The Future of Permanence”: Roger Kimball, Philippe de Montebello, George Knight, and Michael J. Lewis
The second panel discussion of The New Criterion’s symposium on October 21, 2016.
Music November 2016
Opera note
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On Samson et Dalila and Tosca performed by the Opéra national de Paris.
Features November 2016
Tocqueville’s English correspondence
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On the French statesman’s English language letters.