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On Mondrian, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Henry Hobson Richardson, ancient moneymaking & more from the world of culture.
The masterpiece of our time | The New Criterion
W he n Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation appeared in 1973, its impact, the author recalled, was immediate: “Like matter enveloped by …
Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) | The New Criterion
T he deaths of great performing musicians are always fateful. These personalities do not shape music, but they do shape the way it is perceived. Their passing in every case leaves both a …
“War horses & fresh faces,” by Elizabeth Eck
Dec 30, 2024 · Attendees of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra wait with bated breath for the Finnish conductor Klaus Mäkelä’s stint as music director to begin in 2027.
“Our Athenian American Democracy,” by Victor Davis Hanson
Democracy—the word itself means “people (demos) power (kratos)”—originated in late sixth-century Athens through the reforms of Cleisthenes.The Athenian popular leader transferred …
“The joy of poetry,” by Mark Bauerlein
I n 2003, when results came in for the 2002 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (sppa), Dana Gioia took action.The survey was designed by the National Endowment for the Arts, where …
About | The New Criterion
The New Criterion, edited by Roger Kimball, was founded in 1982 by the art critic Hilton Kramer and the pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman.A monthly review of the arts and intellectual …
“The ferryman’s due,” by Patrick Kurp
A n obolus is a small silver coin the Greeks placed under the tongues of the dead so they could pay Charon as he ferried them across the river Styx to the underworld. Andrew Rickard named …