John Szarkowski’s “history of photographic pictures”
by Hilton Kramer
On “Photography Until Now” at MOMA.
Features
The Pasternak centennial celebration
by William Jay Smith
On reading Pasternak.
The big O: the reputation of George Orwell
by Joseph Epstein
On George Orwell’s fame.
“Monet in the ’90s”
by Andrew Forge
On Manet’s paintings.
The enigma of Randall Jarrell
by Bruce Bawer
On Jarrell’s life.
Poems
Theater
Underdogs and underwear
by Donald Lyons
On The Grapes of Wrath & Cat on the Hot Tin Roof on Broadway.
Art
Successes
by Jed Perl
On Leland Bell, Bruce Helander & Jacquline Lima.
Add one Caravaggio
by Creighton Gilbert
On “A Caravaggio Rediscovered: ‘The Lute Player’” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Music
The Cleveland at Carnegie
by Dana Mack
On American music ensembles.
Books
Mencken vs. Mencken
by Terry Teachout
A review of The Diary of H. L. Mencken edited by Charles A. Fecher.
Apocalypse now
by Donna Rifkind
A review of London Fields by Martin Amis.
Notes & Comments
Looting the museums
by The Editors
On the practice of “deaccessioning.”
PBS: aping the networks
by The Editors