Articles of Note

When the Cold War ended, novelists moved on to new villains. Yet the appeal of espionage fiction endured ... more »

New Books

What mattered most in art was the idea, not the execution, insisted Man Ray. This view gave rise to a century of lousy art  ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Fifty years ago, Tom Wolfe predicted the triumph of artistic theories over objects. Has he been vindicated by the rise of the NFT? ... more »