Articles of Note

Theoretical physicists, enamored of mathematical elegance, impose patterns on muddled reality. Is this a science or a genre of storytelling?... more »

New Books

T.J. Clark calls Picasso scholarship 'second-rate celebrity literature? for those more interested in gossip than art. And he's a Picasso scholar... more »

Essays & Opinions

The baffling strangeness of Swann's Way lies buried beneath its reputation. When published, however, it was seen as more tedious than masterly... more »