Articles of Note

Frida in France. The accommodations were unsatisfactory; the politics, lamentable; the intellectuals, boring. But there was a silver lining... more »

New Books

Down with occurrences! Our politics, wars, triumphs, and failures are mere “surface disturbances” and “crests of foam” on the great sea of history  ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Genius is, among other things, a personality-laundering scheme. Boorish behavior is reclassified as charming idiosyncrasy. Agnes Callard explains ... more »