A devitalized wariness
by Ferdinand Mount
The fifth in a series on “The future of the European past.”
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Bloomsbury revisited: a “postmodern” Roger Fry
by Hilton Kramer
On A Roger Fry Reader edited by Christopher Reed
The Repeal of Reticence
by Roger Kimball
On The Repeal of Reticence by Rochelle Gurstein
Jefferson on race & revolution
by Hadley Arkes
A review of The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800 by Conor Cruise O’brien.
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Theater
Death by subtext
by Mark Steyn
On Chicago, Present Laughter & The Rehearsal
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Art
Matisse in Manhattan
by Karen Wilkin
On Henri Matisse: A Survey of Drawings at C&M Arts, New York
Richard Lindner: a New Yorker in Washington
by Mario Naves
On the exhibition of the artist’s work at the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
Music
Harnoncourt conducts Beethoven
by James F. Penrose
On Nikolaus Harnoncourt & the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Carnegie Hall, New York
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The media
The pity of PBS’s “Great War”
by James Bowman
On the PBS television series
Books
After Edel
by Paul Dean
Review of Henry James: The Young Master by Sheldon M. Novick
Supreme nonfiction
by John Simon
Review of Walking Possession: Essays & Reviews, 1969-1993 by Ian Hamilton
A see of troubles
by Marc M. Arkin
Review of Thomas Cranmer: A Life by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Curiouser & curiouser
by X.J. Kennedy
Review of a new biography of W. S. Gilbert by Jane W. Stedman & The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan edited by Ian Bradley
Notes & Comments
Standardizing the substandard
by The Editors
On the “Standards for English Language Arts” set by the National Council of Teachers of English
Upchucking for art–or was it “speech” the fellow vomited upon Mondrian & Dufy?
by The Editors
On an Ontario art student’s vandalism of two paintings in the name of art