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On the author’s friendship with the composer & critic.
On “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
On dispatches from the condemned.
On the history of rail travel.
On Monet: The Restless Vision by Jackie Wullschläger.
On the medallic art of the Gilded Age.
Features
Siena splendor at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Life before death
by Anthony Daniels
On dispatches from the condemned.
The scream of steam
by Jeremy Black
On the history of rail travel.
Virgil Thomson at the Chelsea
by David Dubal
On the author’s friendship with the composer & critic.
Fashion-forward
by Jane Coombs
On “Contemporary Choreography” at the New York City Ballet.
Week in review
by Suzanna Murawski
On Rousseau, Rothko & American literature.
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Reconsiderations
Lewis contra Bergson
by James Como
On Herald of a Restless World by Emily Herring.
Theater
Beneath the surface
by Kyle Smith
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Art
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by James Panero
On “Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes” at the Neue Galerie, New York.
A-hunting we shall go
by David Platzer
On two exhibitions of Jean-Baptiste Oudry’s work.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent musical performances in New York City.
Books
Royal slush
by Gary Saul Morson
On The Last Tsar: The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.
Polite society
by Paul Cartledge
On Polis by John Ma.
The joy of poetry
by Mark Bauerlein
On Poetry as Enchantment and Other Essays by Dana Gioia.
Fueled by fossils
by John Steele Gordon
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Bits & bobs
by Harry Mount
On Gobsmacked! The British Invasion of American English by Ben Yagoda.
Critter wisdom
by Joshua T. Katz
On a new translation of Aesop’s fables by Robin Waterfield.
General intelligence
by John P. Rossi
On The Light of Battle by Michel Paradis.
Notebook
The ferryman’s due
by Patrick Kurp
On Andrew Rickard’s Obolus Press.
Eva Brann, 1929–2024
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On the life of the St. John’s College tutor Eva Brann.