Articles of Note

When Dora Maar, Picasso’s lover, suffered a jealousy-fueled breakdown, he blamed Surrealism and “that whining, weepy phony, Jean-Jacques Rousseau”... more »

New Books

How was America transformed from a “rabidly anti-theatrical” society to one that, by 1833, viewed Shakespeare as its great national author?... more »

Essays & Opinions

George Steiner, an unrepentant elitist, was a moral force for high art. Among his virtues was a hunger to be more serious... more »