The “Blog Mob” revisited
by Joseph Rago
On the impact blogs and the Internet have on journalism.
Features
The Armory Show at 100
by James Panero
The lessons of the 1913 “International Exhibition of Modern Art.”
Ringside with Bellows
by Michael J. Lewis
On George Bellows at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The sad & sorry Smithsonian
by Bruce Cole
On the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
The intelligent line
by Marco Grassi
On the Courtauld Gallery, master drawings, and a new exhibit at The Frick Collection.
Caro up close
by Karen Wilkin
On “Caro: Close Up,” at the Yale Center for British Art.
Supporting the “public good”
by Daniel Grant
On government funding for the arts in Europe & America.
Bernini’s feats of clay
by Eric Gibson
On “Bernini: Sculpting in Clay,” at the Met.
Regarding Warhol
by Mario Naves
On Pop art, Warhol’s legacy, and a new show at the Met.
An interview with John Dubrow
by David Yezzi
A talk with the painter about his work & figurative art.
Poems
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Letters from the World
A precarious juncture
by Paul Hollander
A look at a country in transition.
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Theater
Under us all moved & moved us
by Kevin D. Williamson
On Grace, Einstein on the Beach, and Krapp’s Last Tape.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
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.
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The media
The cycle repeats
by James Bowman
On austerity, ignoring reality, and the 2012 election.
Verse chronicle
Song & dance
by William Logan
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.
Notes & Comments
Jacques Barzun, 1907—2012
by The Editors
Remembering Jacques Barzun, scholar & culture warrior.