Populism, VIII: The unlikeliest populist
by Victor Davis Hanson
On Donald Trump and the mantle of a growing movement.
Features
The function of criticism
by Denis Donoghue
On T. S. Eliot’s essay on the evaluation of literature.
Mrs. Custer’s Tennyson
by William Logan
On Elizabeth & George Custer’s experience with Tennyson’s works.
Poet in Limbo
by Paul Dean
On Still Life with Feeding Snake, a new collection of poems by John Burnside.
Matter & faith
by Peter Filkins
On a new translation of Pearl, a Middle-English long poem, by Simon Armitage.
Anthony Hecht & the trauma of war
by David Yezzi
On memory & pain in the works of the American poet.
Most popular
Reconsiderations
Hogarth the painter
by Dominic Green
On William Hogarth: A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings edited by Elizabeth Einberg.
Theater
Looming presences
by Kyle Smith
On Sunset Boulevard at the Palace Theatre, Ring Twice for Miranda at City Center, and White Guy on the Bus at 59E59 Theaters.
Art
Della Robbia at the National Gallery
by Karen Wilkin
On “Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence” at the National Gallery of Art.
Exhibition note
by Eric Gibson
On “Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures” at the Met Cloisters.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “The Mysterious Landscapes of Hercules Segers” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Beauty meets banality in Brooklyn
by Brian T. Allen
On the recent rehang of works at the Brooklyn Museum.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On the “Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts” at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, “Paul Resika: Empty” at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, the “Talking Pictures 1st Invitational” at 106 Van Buren Street, “Bewilder: New Work by Brece Honeycutt” at Norte Maar & “Rough Matter: New Work by Rebecca Murtaugh” at Stout Projects.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On a piano recital by Igor Levit at Carnegie Hall, a new production of Rusalka performed by the Metropolitan Opera, and more recent classical music performances.
The media
Of leaks, links & lies
by James Bowman
On the question of objectivity in recent coverage of the Trump administration.
Notes & Comments
A painful lesson
by The Editors
On the implications of the recent debacle at Middlebury College.