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Good riddance," by Warren Kozak
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (299+ words) On Aldrich Ames's betrayal of the United States. Throughout the 250-year history of the United States, the name always synonymous with treason has been that of Benedict Arnold. I still remember hearing it on the playground when I was growing…...
The remains of Marlowe," by Paul Dean
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1005+ words) The last full biography of Christopher Marlowe (156493) was Park Honan's Christopher Marlowe, Poet and Spy, published in 2005. On the evidence of Stephen Greenblatt's Dark Renaissance, it would seem. .. The remains of Marlowe An education in discernment. Purchase this and other…...
World-building gone wrong," by A. J. Goldmann
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (814+ words) A. J. Goldmann on a performance of Wagner's "Rheingold" at the Salzburg Easter Festival. On a performance of Wagner's Rheingold at the Salzburg Easter Festival. An education in discernment. Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series....
The Critic's Notebook by the Editors
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (64+ words) Weekly recommendations from the Editors on what to read, see, and hear in the world of culture. On New York, Vecchietta, early music, Green-Wood Cemetery, agriculture & more from the world of culture. The thirteenth Edmund Burke Award gala, honoring Harvey…...
Mies en place," by J. Duncan Berry
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (656+ words) Unlike many potential reviewers of this volume, I recall vividly the hubbub that accompanied the centennial of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's (18861969) birth. I was a graduate student at the time under. .. On "Mies van der Rohe: An Architect in…...
Lording it, over," by Simon Heffer
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1792+ words) On Heirs & Graces: A History of the Modern British Aristocracy, by Eleanor Doughty. The House of Lords would then comprise about 740 life peers, created by recent prime ministers. Life peerages were. .. An education in discernment. Purchase this and other timeless…...
Quiet flows the Shawn," by Kyle Smith
1+ mon, 15+ hour ago (168+ words) On What We Did Before Our Moth Days & The Fever. The two Wallace Shawns intertwine intriguingly. The avant-garde off-Broadway playwright would not exist in any meaningful way, not anymore, were it not for the other Wallace Shawn, the Wallace Shawn…...
Sargent's heiresses
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (344+ words) On "Heiress: Sargent's American Portraits" at Kenwood House, London. The remarkable painting'Mrs. Wilton Phipps'(1884), one of Sargent's early portraits, already displays aspects that make his art so distinctive: the female figure set against a black background, his handling of flesh,…...
Exhibition note," by Mario Naves
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (388+ words) How much of a naif was Le Douanier, better known to the world as Henri Rousseau (18441910)? During his lifetime, the French painter was the object of numerous critical brickbats, the most memorable. .. On "Henri Rousseau: A Painter's Secrets," at the…...
Morris Dickstein
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (81+ words) s most recent book is Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression. He is Distinguished Professor of English and Theatre at CUNY Graduate Center. Ten print issues & archive access Morris Dickstein's most recent book is Dancing…...