Criticism
James Schuyler’s Genius
Why our greatest poet of the everyday has become a poet of the moment
Mae Losasso
Terrence Malick’s Disciples
Why the auteur is the most influential director in Hollywood
Bilge Ebiri
Chaos Agent in Chief
What Michael Wolff’s Trump quartet tells us about the next four years
James Surowiecki
Solvej Balle’s Philosophy of Time
How a novelist transformed a single day into a radical experiment in time
Clare Carlisle
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Criticism
A Miracle at the Met
Siena: The Rise of Painting brings together an astonishing group of artworks
Rachel Eisendrath
January 15, 2025
Inheriting Impressionism
Monet and Ja’Tovia Gary among the water lilies
Rachel Cohen
December 10, 2024
The Sexual Histories of Alan Hollinghurst
In Our Evenings, the novelist grapples with a divided Britain
Andrew Martin
December 10, 2024
The Surrealists Move to Mexico City
What Leonora Carrington and her peers found in their new home
Chloe Aridjis
December 10, 2024
Chantal Akerman’s Elusive Interiors
What the filmmaker’s portrayal of women reveals—and withholds
Emily LaBarge
September 9, 2024
How Mike Kelley Became Himself
The artist’s search for subcultural America
Jonathan Griffin
September 9, 2024
Is Blasphemy Illiberal?
Salman Rushdie’s thoroughly modern controversies
Len Gutkin
September 9, 2024
Writing in Pictures
Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature
Chris Ware
September 9, 2024
