MOMA adrift
by Michael J. Lewis
The destruction of the Folk Art Museum will be remembered as MOMA’s great lost opportunity.
Features
Painting a false portrait
by Bruce Cole
On American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon.
On Joseph Epstein
by William Giraldi
A look at Joseph Epstein’s work, the importance of reading, and the role of the critic.
Wilkie Collins’s page-turners
by Marc M. Arkin
The life and work of Wilkie Collins, master of the Victorian page-turner.
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Reconsiderations
The lad from Slad
by James Zug
On Laurie Lee, the author of Cider with Rosie and a major minor figure
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Fiction chronicle
Man up
by Stefan Beck
Reviews of On Earth as It Is in Heaven, by Davide Enia; All the Birds, Singing, by Evie Wyld; Three Brothers, by Peter Ackroyd; and Mount Terminus, by David Grand.
Theater
A life on the stage
by Kevin D. Williamson
Reviews of All the Way and Kung Fu.
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Art
The state of sculpture
by Karen Wilkin
On the legacy of sculptor Anthony Caro and the work of Willard Boepple, Catherine Burgess, and Clay Ellis.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Jasper Johns: Regrets,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Christie Davies
On “Ruin Lust,” at Tate Britain, London.
Exhibition note
by Brian P. Kelly
On “Frank Lloyd Wright and the City: Density vs. Dispersal,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On the Hispanic Society of America and “William Powhida: Overculture,” at Postmasters, New York.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent performances, including Natalie Dessay, Philippe Cassard, Wozzeck, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Rusalka v. regietheater
by Heather Mac Donald
Controversy and Rusalka at the Met.
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The media
Bad words
by James Bowman
Will The New York Times start printing profanities?
Manners & Morals
The catastrophe of suicide
by Emily Esfahani Smith
How suicide hurts us all.
Books
Genetic disorder
by Anthony Daniels
A national treasure
by David Pryce-Jones
on Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings
by Rudyard Kipling, edited by Thomas Pinney
Carlyle’s grapeshot
by Paul Dean
Penelope’s odyssey
by Edward Short
The pastor-poet
by Malcolm Forbes
Neighbor to the north
by Conrad Black
Bach, reconsidered
by Robert L. Marshall
Swapping war stories
by Brooke Allen
The road to Waterloo
by Jeremy Black
Law’s conscience
by Justin Zaremby
Conservative Democrat
by Michael Taube
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Notes & Comments
Illiberal liberalism
by The Editors
Brandeis’s treatment of Hirsi Ali shows just how repressive the “free-speech movement” truly is.