Metropolitan Opera Announces It Will Not Stage Productions Until At Least September 2021
The Met Opera has lost $150 million in revenue since the pandemic forced its closure, the New York Times reported.
Art
Hamlet and Oedipus Meet the Zombies
Insistence on art as indoctrination is obscenity, denying the possibility of human connection to truths superior to human understanding, that is, to God.
In Rome, the Definitive Raphael Show: Raffaello: 1520–1483
Serene ecstasy and perfect grace from the quintessential Renaissance man.
Actually, Iconic Documentary: An Absorbing Hour with Richard Estes
Photo-realism’s most esteemed practitioner is a master of ‘what’s just in your world.’
El Greco Sizzles in Chicago, in Paris, Not So Much
But it’s El Greco … either way, you can’t go wrong.
Rediscovering Ancient Egypt — and a Genius Photographer
A fresh look at John Beasley Green, a young adventurer turned archeologist.
Trafalgar Square’s Hideous Sculpture
About the Fourth Plinth program in London’s Trafalgar Square: Beauty will save the world — and ugliness will ruin it.
Dan Stevens: A Not-Quite-Star Worth Watching
Dan Stevens has become not a movie star, but a genuinely interesting and entertaining movie actor.
Marvelous Millet, in St. Louis
We can debate his influence on modernists, but a new retrospective of his work shows his enduring appeal.
Museums Should Stay Far from the Barricades
Long-simmering complaints about pay and treatment still need to be addressed.