Catching the Moment
John Singer Sargent saw into the souls of his models, whether they were society women, nude men, or lower-class Venetians. How did he do it?
May 9, 2024 issue
Israel: The Way Out
If Israel is to survive, physically and spiritually, it needs to undergo, collectively, a sea change in its vision of reality and face some unpleasant though obvious facts.
May 9, 2024 issue
‘Who Shall Describe Beauty?’
The Met’s Harlem Renaissance exhibition reveals the eclecticism of black artistic practices and styles.
May 9, 2024 issue
How American Eyes Got Modern
The midcentury ideal of art as a departure into the unknown was not the exclusive property of heroic painters. Printmakers made cutting-edge art on a homier scale—and it was affordable.
May 9, 2024 issue
The Must-Also-Haves
In Nicole Eisenman’s paintings and sculptures, a system’s impending demise may reveal itself in feverish hilarity.
May 9, 2024 issue
Free from the Archives
Martin Gardner: The Third Coming“Millions of Americans, disenchanted with science and politics, are longing for apocalypse—for a mystical explosion that will instantly solve the world’s problems and start a new age of love.”
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