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On “Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection,” at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Footprints in the abandoned ballroom
by William Logan
On recently published poetry by Rosanna Warren, Moya Cannon, John Koethe, Rebecca Watts, Henri Cole & Wendy Cope.
Other people’s money
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On the economic fallout of the Biden administration’s policies.
Neglected classics
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On “Radical Re-Imaginings: Classics for the 21st Century,” at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.
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Other people’s money
bythe Editors
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On President Trump’s architectural agenda.
Leiden lights
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On “Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from The Leiden Collection,” at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida.
Behind the scenes
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OnDesigning the American Century: The Public Landscapes of Clarke and Rapuano, 1915–1965, by Thomas J. Campanella.
The consonant Cushing
byAlexandra Cushing Howard
On “Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color,” at the Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island.
A bull with his own china shop
byEric Gibson
On Irascible: The Combative Life of Douglas Cooper, Collector and Friend of Picasso, by Adrian Clark and Richard Calvocoressi.
Mittel march
byPeter Pennoyer
On The Vanguard: Central European Emigres and American Modern Design, 1910–1940, by Jewel Stern and Christopher Long.
The unsentimental builder
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OnThe Master Builder: William Butterfield and His Times, by Nicholas Olsberg.
The mage of Torino
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On “Casorati” at the Palazzo Reale, Milan.
“Architecture unshackled”
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My Grandma Moses
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On the career of the farmwife painter.
Week in review
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On Carpaccio, Watteau & the Sabbath.
Elusive Eleanor
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On Eleanor of Aquitaine: Woman, Queen, and Legend, by Lindy Grant.
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The present hell of British politics
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Neglected classics
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