A Kerfuffle Over the Andarz Nama, an Ancient Persian Miniature
An eager cub reporter slides into an art-world morass involving the Andarz Nama, a possibly…
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My Vietnam War—Part 1
Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1966, the author—a budding New York opera director—avoided combat…
The Case of the Upside-Down Rothko
An innocent young American’s comeuppance at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam By Ian Strasfogel …
The Art World Saga Surrounding La Prose du Transsibérien
How a vividly colored accordion-shaped piece of parchment—a collaboration between the Ukrainian-French artist Sonia Delaunay…
Maria, the Movie—An Opera Director’s Skewering Review
A critical take (putting it mildly) on the Pablo Larrain biopic starring Angelina Jolie as…
Hero Worship, Up Close … Of Italo Calvino
A discomfiting encounter with the celebrated—and revered—Italian writer By Ian Strasfogel January 9, 2025…
To Restore or Not to Restore a Rare Einstein Photo—It’s All Relativity
(PART II OF A CONUNDRUM) A further delving into the fate of a signed photo…
Einstein, Cast Aside and Tossed in a Closet
(PART I OF A CONUNDRUM) The acclaimed photojournalist Lotte Jacobi’s iconic shot of the theoretical…
Edible Memories: Lunch at Lüchow’s with Lauritz Melchior
1965: Dining with an outsize opera tenor at downtown New York’s bastion of German cuisine…
“The Next Big Thing” Is About to Hit Town
The Prototype Festival, with its sometimes subversive, convention-defying, mold-breaking theater By Grace Lichtenstein Upwards:…