Notes & Comments March 2017
Who supports the arts?
On the angst surrounding the federal arts programs.
Topic: “Metropolitan Museum Of Art”
Feb 07, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
by
Westward skirmishes & war-torn lovers.
Features December 2016
The museum of the present
by
How museums have gone from being about something to being for somebody.
Art December 2016
Lessons from Beckmann
by
On “Max Beckmann in New York” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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.
Jul 20, 2016
Athena (and others) at the Met
by
On “Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Jul 07, 2016
“Turner’s Whaling Pictures” at the Met
by
On a small show of Turner’s maritime work.
Jul 06, 2016
The Critic's Notebook
by
An intimate evening at Lincoln Center, J. M. W. Turner's visual depths, and more from the world of culture.
Art May 2016
Exhibition note
by
On “Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, February 15–May 15, 2016.
Art April 2016
“Unfinished” at Met Breuer
by
On “Unfinished” at Met Breuer.