Art, revolution, and Kazimir Malevich
by Hilton Kramer
On “Kazimir Malevich 1878–1935” at the National Gallery of Art.
Features
Selling Henry James
by Joseph Epstein
On teaching James to undergraduates at Northwestern University.
Katherine Anne Porter and the uses of fiction
by Donna Rifkind
On the life and fiction of Katherine Anne Porter.
Maurice Prendergast at the Whitney
by Richard J. Wattenmaker
On the Whitney’s abysmal retrospective.
Formal poetry in the land of the free
by Bruce Bawer
On Timothy Steele’s Missing Measures & related matters.
Poems
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Music
Weisgall’s marvelous Six Characters
by Samuel Lipman
On the triumph of Weisgall’s Six Characters in Search of an Author.
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Theater
Chekhov at Yale
by Donald Lyons
On the Oleg Yefremov production of Ivanov in New Haven.
Art
New York stories
by Jed Perl
On Still Life Anthology at the Borgenicht Gallery, Robert Bermelin & other matters.
Dance
Making omelettes
by Eva Resnikova
On the Japanese modern-dance company Sankai Juku.
Books
The Lady J
by Neal Kozodoy
On Harold Bloom’s The Book of J.
Making sport of modern art
by Karen Wilkin
On Kirk Varnedoe’s A Fine Disregard.
Rewarded journeys
by William Jay Smith
On Charles Causley’s Secret Destinations.
Shorter notice
by Samuel Lipman
On Conversations With Von Karajan by Richard Osborne.
Shorter notice
by Christopher Carduff
On Missing Pieces by Stanislaw Benski.
Notebook
Gordon Bunshaft, 1909-1990
by Mildred F. Schmertz
On the life and architecture of Gordon Bunshaft..
Letters to the Editor
On Mark Strand and the Pulitzer
by The Editors
On Mark Strand’s Pulitzer loss.
Notes & Comments
A nostalgia for disaster
by The Editors
On the “unrealized promise” of Marxism for certain leftist writers.
Making Cage a master
by The Editors
On the profile of John Cage on PBS’s American Masters series.
After Cincinnati, Brooklyn gives us “the Unspeakable”
by The Editors
On Joseph Kosuth’s installation The Play of the Unspeakable at the Brooklyn Museum.
Carnegie Hall at 100
by The Editors
On Carnegie Hall’s century celebration.