Peter Schjeldahl’s Pleasure Principle Peter Schjeldahl’s Pleasure Principle
His art criticism fixated on the narcissism of the entire enterprise. But over six decades, his work proved that a critic could be an artist too.
Dec 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Zachary Fine
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
The Long History of the "Elsewhere Museum" The Long History of the "Elsewhere Museum"
Can the ethnographic museum be reinvented?
Dec 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Farah Abdessamad
Rain and Mountains Rain and Mountains
Pages from a novelist’s notebook.
Nov 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Orhan Pamuk
In the Zone of the Rich In the Zone of the Rich
In The Hidden Globe, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines what globalization has come to look like for the wealthy.
Nov 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vanessa Ogle
The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq
What happened to the French novelist?
Nov 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
Warning From the Past Warning From the Past
In a new film, journalists confront a dictator.
Nov 20, 2024 / Elizabeth Becker
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First
His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.
Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play? Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play?
The Robert Downey Jr.–starring McNeal, which was possibly cowritten with the help of AI, is a showcase for the new technology’s mediocrity.
Nov 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng