It was from Fowler, whose precepts I devoured as a child, that I learned that there were, or at least had been, people who ...

To find Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) and Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), two of the greatest sculptors in the history of art, in one exhibition at the Louvre is bound to be an experience. The ...

Last night, the New York Philharmonic played a “gala concert.” What’s the difference between a “gala concert” and a “concert”? There are several. A gala concert begins earlier, so that patrons can ...

George Loomis on a performance of Hasse’s “Semele” by Haymarket Opera Company in Chicago.

On April 11, 2025, the president of Yale, Maurie McInnis, convened a Committee on Trust in Higher Education. On April 10, 2026, the ten tenured faculty members on the committee submitted their ...

Anatoly Grablevsky on progress & human nature.

Elizabeth Hamilton a performance by Colorado Ballet at Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver.

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NEW YORK, April 23, 2026—Last night Harvey Mansfield was honored by The New Criterion with the thirteenth Edmund Burke Award ...

She was Larissa Diadkova, at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night. The Met has revived Eugene Onegin in the production by ...