Opinion
Genuflecting Before “Don Colossus”
Trump's new golden statue in Miami has been compared to the Golden Calf, but it's more akin to a Moloch idol.
Ed Simon
Art Review
The Carnegie International Looks Back at Itself
The 59th iteration captures some of the excitement of earlier exhibitions, providing vital commentary on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.
Book Review
Hans Holbein Painted the Human
He surpassed all of his colleagues in the sheer depth, visceral intimacy, and empathy conveyed in his renderings of nobles, aristocrats, and thinkers.
Opinion
The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side
Like the infernal French nobleman, Jeffrey Epstein’s story represents cruel and oppressive politics that were seeded in aristocracy, tended in capitalism, and are now harvested in fascism.