"RAGTIME" AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
On the eve of an American holiday reserved for beer and fireworks, Daniel Arizona considers the nature of a national "spirit". E.L. Doctorow's novel "Ragtime" offers some guidance ... read more »
SLAPSTICK EXISTENTIALISM ON BROADWAY
Is Studio 54 the right spot for the ultimate existential protest against the empty avarice of the post-war era? If you're looking for a good time, writes Kitty Kaletsky ... read more »
HIPPIE PICASSO
Were Picasso's musketeer portraits, painted in the 1960s, an effort by the artist to connect with pacifist youth? Art.view investigates the surge in demand for late Picasso works ... read more »
MORE THAN JUST PRETTY FACES
Ideas of beauty have changed considerably over the last 60 years. This at least is the idea behind "The Model as Muse", a diverting exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Molly Young investigates ... read more »
OLD MASTERS AND MAESTROS
On July 4th London's leading dealers will throw open their doors for something called Master Paintings Week. Art.view looks around and discovers reasons to be excited ... read more »
WILLIAM BOYD'S DEBT TO RUDOLF LEOPOLD
For the fourth piece in our Authors on Museums series, William Boyd celebrates the Leopold Museum in Vienna, which is a shrine to his favourite artist—and a tribute to the vision of an art-loving ophthalmologist ... read more »
DON'T STOP THE DANCE
A variety of Londoners from an elderly priest to jaded bankers have found an unlikely new interest: dancing. Bruce Clark and Lizzy Le Quesne take to the floor ... read more »
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quote Trying is not a simple, straightforward task. Even crafting goals - as distinct from pursuing them - is something we can iterate and improve at, and depression is the feedback we get that we have chosen goals badly. Like the pain that accompanies touching a hot stove, the depression that comes from aiming for a star too high lets us learn about our place in the world ...