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A Painter’s Enviable Touch— And His Napoleon Complex

Bravura brushwork: David Fertig
Courtesy of James Graham & Sons
Bravura brushwork: David Fertig

David Fertig is a contemporary artist who lives and works in New Jersey, but his art is patently at  read more »

Dreary Digressions Drag Kafka Through Five Long Years

When I read a good book—any good book, but especially a biography—I can’t help but suspect tha  read more »

Dreary Digressions Drag Kafka Through Five Long Years

Franz Kafka (1883-1924), at the beginning of
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Franz Kafka (1883-1924), at the beginning of

When I read a good book—any good book, but especially a biography—I can’t help but  read more »

Bohemia’s Beautiful Style: The Met’s Ticket to Prague

<i>Reliquary Bust of Saint Ludmila</i>, ca. 1350
Milan Posselt, Jan Gloc, Courtesy of the Met
Reliquary Bust of Saint Ludmila, ca. 1350

Let’s get the kudos out of the way: Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437, on display at the  read more »

Bohemia's Beautiful Style: The Met's Ticket to Prague

Let’s get the kudos out of the way: Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437, on display at the Met  read more »

Rosy View of a Riotous Year-With Awkward Ironies Omitted

1968: The Year That Rocked the World , by Mark Kurlansky. Ballantine Books, 464 pages, $26.95.  read more »

Another Shark Washes Up In the Hamptons

In what passed for news this summer, it was the season of bread and circuses, girl-in-the-well stori  read more »

It's a Nightmare! Kafka Show Scary But Missing Nuance

There was a time when it could rightly have been said of the Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) wh  read more »