December 2012
Jacques Barzun, 1907–2012
Remembering Jacques Barzun, scholar & culture warrior.
Remembering Jacques Barzun, scholar & culture warrior.
On the impact blogs and the Internet have on journalism.
The lessons of the 1913 “International Exhibition of Modern Art.”
On George Bellows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
On the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
On the Courtauld Gallery, master drawings, and a new exhibit at The Frick Collection.
On “Caro: Close Up,” at the Yale Center for British Art.
On government funding for the arts in Europe & America.
On “Bernini: Sculpting in Clay,” at the Met.
On Pop art, Warhol’s legacy, and a new show at the Met.
A talk with the painter about his work & figurative art.
A look at a country in transition.
On Grace, Einstein on the Beach, and Krapp’s Last Tape.
Coverage of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic with Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Charles Dutoit, The Marriage of Figaro, and more.
On austerity, ignoring reality, and the 2012 election.
On Antigonick (Sophokles), by Anne Carson, Nice Weather, by Frederick Seidel, PLACE, by Jorie Graham, Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, by D. A. Powell, Thrall, by Natasha Trethewey, and Song & Error, by Averill Curdy.
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