Inside the traditional art revolution
The cultural hegemony of contemporary abstract art is slowly beginning to crack
Books & Arts
The brilliant, underappreciated work of Germaine Richier
Despite her institutional recognition in France, Richier is not as well-known outside her native country as she deserves to be
Jane Clark Scharl delivers artful truths in Sonnez Les Matines
The play is, alas, unlikely to attract a large following in the theater
Arnold Schwarzenegger is back
With a new Netflix documentary and series, the actor is ubiquitous once again
Elliot Page’s memoir is a tale of tragic self-destruction
For the author, transgenderism was an escape hatch
Visiting a forgotten chapter in American history
We May Dominate the World is a work of prodigious scholarship, featuring an extraordinary breadth and depth of sources
William Boyd’s latest novel is immense fun
In The Romantic , it’s as if Boyd has distilled the essence of centuries of novel-writing
Blood Meridian is Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece
It may be the Great American Novel critics have searched for
Taking a trip to Russoville
Richard Russo doesn’t do fireworks. Dazzling metaphorical flights are not his thing
