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Our May 9 issue—the Art Issue—is now online, with Julian Bell on Nicole Eisenman’s extravaganzas, David Shulman on Israel’s break with reality, Ingrid D. Rowland on Canova’s magnificent marbles, Darryl Pinckney on the abundance and eclecticism of the Harlem Renaissance, Marina Harss on Martha Graham’s passions, Jarrett Earnest on Tom of Finland’s mastery, Susan Tallman on the pleasures of printmaking, John Washington on the heat death of the planet, James Fenton on John Singer Sargent’s eye for models, poems by Thomas A. Clark and Emily Skillings, and much more.
Darryl Pinckney
‘Who Shall Describe Beauty?’
The Met’s Harlem Renaissance exhibition reveals the eclecticism of Black artistic practices and styles.
David Shulman
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.
Susan Tallman
How American Eyes Got Modern
The mid-century 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.
Julian Bell
The Must-Also-Haves
In Nicole Eisenman’s paintings and sculptures, a system’s impending demise may reveal itself in feverish hilarity.
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Sean Wilentz
Trump’s Delayed Reckoning
The Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to grant Donald Trump criminal immunity—but its handling of the case has already worked in his favor.
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