Julia Friedman on “Wayne Thiebaud: Art Comes from Art,” at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.

Scott W. Atlas on restoring trust in healthcare.New to The New Criterion? Become a subscriber to receive ten print issues and gain immediate access to our online archive spanning more than four ...

BR Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ...

One photograph, however, was taken by a Coast Guard petty officer from the vantage point of a boat on the water, looking up ...

Max Sligh on “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

The merchants of Venice by Max Sligh On “Venice and the Ottoman Empire,” at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville.

Nathan C. Stewart on a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw,” at the Spoleto Festival.

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 ...