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Literature & Society

Sontag Was a Bridge Between Old New York and the New

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1969.

Sontag as a bridge between old New York criticism and the theory-driven culture that followed.
Text by Bob Loblaw
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Recent Note

Gustav Klimt, The Park, 1910–1911. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Gustav Klimt’s The Park, painted between 1910 and 1911, belongs to the quieter side of his late work: not the gold, bodies, and theatrical eroticism of the portraits, but a... via Art History.

Theater & Dance

Dafoe Returns to the Old Tale for Amateur Spirit

Piero di Cosimo, Perseus Freeing Andromeda, c. 1510–1515. Oil on panel, Uffizi Galleries, Florence. A Renaissance myth staged like popular theater, with monster, crowd, and wonder folded into the kind of pre-modern storytelling Dafoe’s program brings back into view.

Dafoe’s Biennale program looks at theater’s origins.
Text by Pina Lomb
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Literature & Society

The Editra Manifesto of Primalism

Yellow relief by Ellsworth Kelly

Manifesto for a new artistic movement.
Text by Pina Lomb
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Art & Design

Bourdelle, Without the Museum Machine

Bourdelle's Studio. Musée Bourdelle, Paris Musées. Photos by Pierre Antoine

A conversation with Ophélie Ferlier Bouat on intimacy, monumental sculpture, and the lasting spirit of Bourdelle in Paris.
Text by Madina Tulakova
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Art & Design

Classical Art: Raphael Presented In Toto at Met

Raphael: Sublime Poetry. Courtesy of The Met

A preview of the most comprehensive U.S. exhibition ever dedicated to Raphael, open at the Met 29 March to 28 June.
Text by Marguerite de Ponty
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