Samuel Lipman, 1934-1994
by Hilton Kramer
Remembering Samuel Lipman.
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On the Poussin retrospective at the Louvre.
Squaring the circle: Stéphane Mallarmé
by John Simon
On a new biography of Mallarmé by Gordon Millan & a new translation of the poetry by Henry Weinfield.
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A Swiss symbolist
by Mario Naves
On Ferdinand Hodler: Views & Visions at the National Academy of Design, New York.
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by Beryl Barr-Sharrar
On Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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by Roger Kimball
On John Constable at the Frick Collection, New York.
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Theater
Two theaters, fat & thin
by Mark Steyn
On the mega-musicals & one- & two-actor shows that now dominate Broadway.
An old life
by Donald Hall
Dance
Smokeless “Cigarettes”: Pina Bausch at BAM
by Laura Jacobs
On Bausch’s Two Cigarettes in the Dark at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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The elections explained
by James Bowman
On the media pundits’ various analyses of the Republican landside in the mid-term elections.
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by The Editors