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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Neil Diamond Plays Fort Gordon!
The author, as a budding young opera director and U.S. Army Specialist 4th Class, sets…
My Vietnam War—Part 1 in a Series
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…