January 2010
What Hoving wrought
On the late Thomas Hoving (1931–2009).
On the late Thomas Hoving (1931–2009).
An Introduction to “The New Statism and the Assault on Individual Liberty,” a symposium organized jointly by The New Criterion and London’s Social Affairs Unit.
On the loss of liberty in the West (from “The New Statism“).
On the similarities of two collectivist ideologies (from “The New Statism“).
On the uses and misuses of state power (from “The New Statism”).
On the demonization of wealth (from “The New Statism”).
Reporting on a Scandinavian attempt to retrieve techniques and genres that fell into disuse during the modernist period.
On Starry Messenger, The Age of Iron, The Great Recession & Merrick, the Elephant Man
On “Leonardo da Vinci: Hand of the Genius” at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
On "The Origins of El Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete" at The Onassis Center, New York.
On "Urs Fischer: Marguerite de Ponty" at The New Museum, New York.
"Baltimore Inspired by Poe" & "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon 1809–1849" at the Baltimore Museum of Art & "Edgar Allan Poe: More Than a Poet" at Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore.
On "Turner & the Masters" at Tate Britain.
On “Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 2009” at Marian Goodman Gallery; “Pearlstein/Held: Five Decades” at Betty Cuningham Gallery & “Ray Parker: The Simple Paintings” at Washburn Gallery.
On the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, Ricardo Muti, Esa Pekka-Salonen & Cristof von Dohnányi conducting the New York Philharmonic, From the House of the Dead & The Tales of Hoffman at the Metropolitan Opera, Angelika Kirsch at Alice Tully Hall & Chanticleer’s Christmas concert at the Metropolitan Museum.
On the media orthodoxy and climate change.
If you are a subscriber and you have not received an issue, or if an issue arrived damaged, please call 800-783-4903 or 973-627-5162 within 90 days of issue date for a replacement copy.