Search Results: robert hughes
Film noir’s penetrating, knowing diagnosis of, and response to, corruption and venality prepares us for the dank turpitude that lurks in places both highfalutin and hidden.
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This book is an anti-biography that argues Leonardo had little interest in autobiographical self-promotion and claims that the many gaps in the historical record prevent him from cohering as a biographical subject
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 MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreArts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
Read MoreThere’s much in “La Pasión” to like. Composer Osvaldo Golijov’s use of Latin and South American musical forms has been well documented: the piece offers a striking compendium of idioms covering a huge geographical range.
Read MoreAs a theatrical event, The American Stage anthology would have to be classified as a rousing vaudeville show: there are literary routines for all brows—high, middle, and low. The American Stage: Writings on Theater from Washington Irving to Tony Kushner, edited by Laurence Senelick, Library of America, 867 pages, $40. By Bill Marx “There is…
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This splendid book should be read by every child and adult who is convinced he doesn’t “fit in.”
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025