The extremely problematic and incredibly harsh impact of Coronavirus on art
The epidemic has robbed the world of countless artworks. And it has only just begun.
Why Christo didn’t matter — and why that matters
Christo, who passed away last month at the age of 84, had talent in abundance but none for the visual arts.
Why Mort Drucker mattered
If Andy Warhol was a great artist, so was Mort Drucker, the MAD Magazine cartoonist who died last month at the age of 91.
In a masterful novel of fascism, harrowing lessons for today
Walter Kempowski’s “Marrow and Bone” offers echoes of Jonathan Swift and George Orwell.
The 37 unknown roles of Peter Sellers
Best known as Inspector Clouseau and Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers tried on a menagerie of roles in his lifetime.
The radical transformation of Madame D’Ora
Dora Kallmus began photographing celebrities. After World War II, she changed her focus.
How Dorothea Lange invented the American West
The myth was created in part by an artist from Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
In this shattering film, the faustian allure of Nazism
Despite the fact that it’s an Academy Award-winning movie about the Holocaust, “Mephisto” is very good.
Did Walter Benjamin understand his prize possession — Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus?
Created 100 years ago, Paul Klee’s “Angelus Novus” was Walter Benjamin’s prize possession. But where he saw an “Angel of History,” others saw Hitler.
In A Classic English Comedy, A Sly Parable About Anti-Semitism
Celebrating its 70th anniversary, “Kind Hearts and Coronets,” starring Alec Guinness, began its life as a novel called “Israel Rank.”