Dispatch
Leonard A. Lauder: a personal reminiscence
In 1996 the Metropolitan Museum of Art organized a panel discussion, “Picasso and the Art Market:…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories, by David Crystal (Bodleian Library…
“To compose an opera,” by Jay Nordlinger
The Tin Angel is a new opera by Daniel Asia, the American composer born in 1953. It is based on a…
“Ex libris Zeph Stewart,” by Liam Warner
The only rare book I have ever owned is a copy of the Aeneid VII–XII, the third of a three-volume…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Massive Ancient Roman Villa Unearthed in France Opens to the…
A musical garden
Erin Morley, the soprano from Utah, gave a recital at the Park Avenue Armory. She was accompanied by…
A disappointing Don Carlos
Rare is the opera that continues to be performed in two languages, but the exigencies of the Paris…
“Tel Aviv’s modern art,” by Bennett Tucker
Tel Aviv’s first mayor, Meir Dizengoff, was ruminating about a Jewish art museum in Eretz Yisrael…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Miracula: Weird and Wonderful Stories of Ancient Greece and Rome, by Paul Chrystal…
“A woman of many colors,” by David Platzer
Gabriele Münter (1877–1962), who appears at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris down the hall from an…
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