Sally Quinn won’t return my emails. Perhaps Quinn, the doyenne of Washington, D.C., and the widow of the Washington Post ...

Kyle Smith on "Angry Alan," by Penelope Skinner at Studio Seaview.

He sought to give an impression of spontaneity in his painting, making him a pioneer of what is now called Impressionism. At ...

Robert Steven Mack on historical recreations with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Joyce Theater.

In recent days, the music world—classical and popular—has lost Alfred Brendel and Brian Wilson. Jay pays due tribute. He has other selections as well—beginning with a summer song, refreshing on a hot ...

The Tin Angel is a new opera by Daniel Asia, the American composer born in 1953. It is based on a novel of the same name by ...

The Leonard A. Lauder Collection.” Highlights from Cooper’s collection included Georges Braque’s Trees at Estaque (1908), a ...

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The New Criterion is published by The Foundation for Cultural Review, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

The New Criterion is published by The Foundation for Cultural Review, a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

An excerpt from Heather Mac Donald’s acceptance speech at the 2025 Edmund Burke Award Gala. Read the complete speech.