Month: May 2017
Denis Johnson sees that New Age thinking is a response to something very American, very late-twentieth-century—namely the precariousness of identity.
Read MoreThis time that we’re getting a too-sweetened take on Hasidism, and maybe of Jewish Orthodoxy in all of its manifestations.
Read MoreIn his profound new book Age of Anger, historian Pankaj Mishra finds the key to Trump-worship.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreLope de Vega’s classic story of how the powerless stood up to authority — and won –deserves better treatment than clumsy caricature.
Read MoreMatisse said his objects were his “working library,” sources to mine for formal qualities and their ability to evoke an emotional response.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreThe Malden resident’s new album is particularly impressive under the circumstances — he suffered a major stroke in January 2016.
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Visual Arts Commentary: “Portraits of Courage” — Critical Misfire
Why do critics like the New Yorker‘s Peter Schjeldahl rush to absolve G.W. Bush?
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