Mondrian & mysticism: “My long search is over”
by Hilton Kramer
On “Piet Mondrian: 1872–1944” seen first at the Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague (December 18, 1994–April 30, 1995), then at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (June 11–September 4, 1995) and on view at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from October 1, 1995, through January 23, 1996.
Jane Austen for the Nineties
by Brooke Allen
On the penetrating humanistic insight of the great novelist.
Brancusi in Paris
by Karen Wilkin
On “Constantin Brancusi” on view at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, from April 14 through August 21, 1995. It will be seen, in a slightly different version, at the Philadelphia Museum of
Art from October 8 through December 31, 1995.
Saul Bellow's Broadway
by Cynthia Ozick
On seeing New York from Bellow's Seize the Day.
The good old summertime
by Mark Steyn
On Can-Can at the Goodspeed Opera House, Present Laughter and All the Way Home at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
“Florine Stettheimer: Manhattan Fantastica”
by Mario Naves
“Florine Stettheimer: Manhattan Fantastica” opened
at the Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, on July 13, 1995, and remains on
view through November 5.
Jascha Heifetz
by Tim Page
On new recordings of the violinist Jascha Heifetz.
The Robert Hughes medicine show
by Roger Kimball
On the hypocrisy inherent in the advocacy of Robert Hughes for public arts funding.