Watteau’s Theater | Colin B. Bailey
In 1984 the three hundredth anniversary of Jean-Antoine Watteau’s start was celebrated with a unprecedented retrospective of his work, drawings, and prints, seen first...
What ‘Day After’ for Gaza? | Sara Roy
On Friday, October 10, when Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire in Gaza, I heard from a Palestinian buddy within the Strip. Gaza...
The Sliwa Period | Willa Glickman
Over the previous forty years Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for mayor in New York’s upcoming election, has hardly ever been out of the...
A Temporary Literary Emancipation | Clare Bucknell
“We limit the comely parts of a woman to consist in four points, that is, to be a shrew in the kitchen, a saint...
Scraps of Wool | Leanne Shapton
After I was a child, at bedtime my dad would inform my brother and me to go “up the wooden hill to see the...