Art to Look Forward to in 2023

Happy 2023. W. H. Auden called the ’30s “a low, dishonest decade.”

Last year has to be a low, dishonest year and a triumph for no one but the conceited and dumb. Adding insult to injury, it followed 2020 — catastrophic — and 2021 — scabrous. Will 2023 be any better? The ’70s, after all, were a ten-year subfusc run.

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Brian T. Allen

Brian T. Allen is National Review’s art critic.

Happy 2023. W. H. Auden called the ’30s “a low, dishonest decade.”

Last year has to be a low, dishonest year and a triumph for no one but the conceited and dumb. Adding insult to injury, it followed 2020 — catastrophic — and 2021 — scabrous. Will 2023 be any better? The ’70s, after all, were a ten-year subfusc run.