How A Great American Artist And Architect Complemented Each Other
The two friends created works that are not only aesthetically pleasing, but also show how presentation is just as important to overall success as is content.
Artist Henri Farré Documented The Birth Of Military Aviation In World War I
How the French artist and accidental aviator introduced people all over the world to the harsh realities faced by service members during World War I.
How My Four-Year-Old Helped Me Appreciate Good Music
A question my four-year-old often asks me suggests the lessons of youth can be intellectually stimulating and penetrating.
Jeff Koons’ ‘Ballerina’ Reminds Us That Originality Matters
The artist didn’t break any laws by copying a sculptor’s work. But he did deprive us of an amazing story about that woman’s creativity and imagination.
Harvard Professor Accidentally Illustrates How His Kind Has Destroyed The Humanities
Harvard’s James Simpson and likeminded scholars have selectively wielded their theoretical chainsaws to disfigure the humanities into hideous totems of ideology and politics.
To Depoliticize Art, Trump Has To Do More Than End Federal Endowments
A culture war is not a street fight. Axing the endowments scores points but still leaves the arts captive to academia and its maze of orthodoxies.
Will Steve Bannon Help Break The Left’s Monopoly On Documentaries?
President Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor Steve Bannon is, among other things, a successful conservative documentary filmmaker, a rare achievement.
6 Reasons Everyone Should Take Music Lessons
You don’t have to major in music to reap the benefits of music lessons. You don’t even have to get very good at it.
Want To Save The Arts? Support Capitalism
Capitalism has brought about the shift from record companies as investment banks to individual artists as rogue entrepreneurs.