Art
“The gentleman’s bequest,” by Brett Erickson
There was a moment in American cultural history when a single individual’s sense of beauty became a…
The flying Dutchman | The New Criterion
Within a few seconds of entering “Willem de Kooning: Endless Painting” at Gagosian in New York’s…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney (Bloomsbury): The peak of…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Saul Bellow’s Ravelstein”Matt Dinan, The Hedgehog Review When Saul Bellow’s…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Gustav Mahler, by Stephen Downes (Reaktion Books): Goethe, Wagner, Nietzsche: these are…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Giotto’s ‘The Legend of St. Francis’: Assisi’s Devotional Frescoes”Zachary…
The Critic’s Notebook
Nonfiction: Rome Before Rome: The Legends That Shaped the Romans, by Philip Matyszak (Thames &…
“The junk of lost mythologies,” by Dana Gordon
Once in a while, an artist who was successful in his time but forgotten soon after is “rediscovered”…
SANDOVAL: Liberals Ruin Iconic Site With Yet Another…
If you’re the sort of person who loves being scolded at the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), it’s…
“A model daughter,” by David Platzer
Henri Matisse (1869–1954) is one of France’s most famous artists, but his only daughter, Marguerite…
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