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On Freedom, 03, A Visit from the Goon Squad & Dogfight, A Love Story.
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God & Mammon off Broadway
by Kevin D. Williamson
On For Better or For Worse, An Ideal Husband & The Importance of Being Earnest & Murder in the Cathedral.
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by Karen Wilkin
On “Miró: The Dutch Interiors” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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by Mario Naves
On “Deborah Kass: MORE Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times” at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York.
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“Jon Schueler: The Castelli Years” at David Findlay, Jr. Fine Art, New York.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Visual Sensations: The Paintings of Robert Swain, 1967–2010” at the Hunter College Times Square Gallery; “Julian Stanczak: Color–Grid” at Danese
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by Jay Nordlinger
On Das Rheingold at the Metropolitan Opera; Wynton Marsalis & Alan Gilbert with the New York Philharmonic; Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Gustavo Dudamel with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall; and Maa at the Miller Theater.
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Adventures in punditry.
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The Nobel Committee gets it right for once.
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On Chancellor Merkel’s recent comments.
William B. Warren 1934—2010
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In memoriam.