What Meets the Eye
Can You Forgive Him?
“I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I’m under the table, after four I’m under my host.” ― Dorothy Parker According to the NYT Arn is “accused of making […]
Art criticism
What Meets the Eye
Old New Yorker, New New Yorker
Sometime last year, the New Yorker reduced “Goings On about Town” to “Goings On” and fit it onto a single page. On January 1st of this year, I noticed there was not a single listing […]
Letters to the Editor
Adam Simon responds to “A Few Ideas about Art Criticism: Part 2
Hah! Love your latest. You really are the queen of curmudgeons. Btw, you misquoted me. I didn’t say I wouldn’t compare one Guston to another but that I wouldn’t be prone to rate them […]
What Meets the Eye
A Few Ideas about Art Criticism: Part 1
Somehow, I got the idea, I think it was from a Greek, that it is my “duty to praise the good”—which sounds simple, but isn’t. Out of laziness, narcissism, jealousy or just enjoying something for […]