At the Warhol Museum
by Hilton Kramer
On impressions of the new Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The legacy of Russell Kirk
by David Frum
Remembering Russell Kirk.
Made in Italy, sold by the Guggenheim
by Karen Wilkin
On The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943–1968 at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Elizabeth Bowen: the house, the hotel & the child
by Richard Tillinghast
On the subtle distinctions of identity in Elizabeth Bowen.
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Poems
Art
Redon: the subjective world
by Deborah Rosenthal
On “Odilon Redon: Prince of Dreams, 1840–1916” at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibition note
by Mildred F. Schmertz
On Rem Koolhaas & the Place of Public Architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On Jess: A Grand Collage, 1951–1993 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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Theater
It’s the theater that got small
by Mark Steyn
On Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard & the Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie.
The media
Graded on “The Bell Curve”
by James Bowman
On the critics’ response to Charles Murray & Richard Herrnstein’s book on I.Q. & class structure in American life.
Books
Lowell in the shadows
by William Logan
A review of Lost Puritan: A Life of Robert Lowell by Paul Mariani.
Stingless WASP
by Brooke Allen
This was New York?
by Francis Morrone
A review of Scenes from the Life of a City by Eric Homberger.
Gentleman composer
by Terry Teachout
A review of Skyscraper Lullaby: The Life & Music of John Alden Carpenter by Howard Pollack.
Prodigiously human
by Daniel Silver
A review of Balzac: A Life by Graham Robb.
Notes & Comments
Professor Nussbaum on patriotism & moral goodness
by The Editors