Dispatch
On & off the wall
“Building Models: The Shape of Painting” is about a kind of painting that has for decades been…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “An eerie Renaissance masterpiece, fresh from a four-year restoration…
Elusive Eleanor
In the classic historical drama The Lion in Winter (1968), King Henry II, played by Peter O’Toole,…
The curious case of E. T. A. Hoffmann
Much about E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) can be discerned from his name. Born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm…
Finland’s lighthouse
The Petit Palais has a history of exhibiting Scandinavian masters whose works are barely known…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Looking After Your Books, by Francesca Galligan (Bodleian Library Publishing): Whether…
“Blame Biden for the affordability crisis,” by James…
Democrats won recent elections in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia by calling attention to…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Only human”Paul Cartledge, The Times Literary Supplement “Beauty is…
“From cover to cover,” by Mark Judge
Roy Kuhlman (1923–2007) worked during the mid-twentieth century, when graphic design was defined by…
Refurbishing modernism
The Vienna Furniture Museum, famous for its extensive collections of nineteenth-century Biedermeier…
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