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In this series of essays written over the past twenty years, Roger Kimball, managing editor of the New Criterion and an art critic for the London Spectator, illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art. His wide range of subjects includes Vincent van Gogh, Clement Greenberg, the Barnes Foundation, Matthew Barney, Mark Rothko, and the Whitney Biennial, as well as the way in which Gilbert and George demonstrate the psychopathology of current cultural influences.
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"A scathing critic but one whose tirades are usually justified…his intellectual rigor is refreshing."
New York Times Book Review
"Roger Kimball is one of the few critics writing in art today who combines an acute visual sense of beauty with historical knowledge, a coherent philosophy of art, and a ability to write clean, vigorous, and accurate English. To these virtues he adds refreshing common sense. So there is much to be learned and enjoyed in these stimulating, provocative, and elegant essays."
Paul Johnson, historian
"Narrator Lane reads with a distinct and sardonic quality perfect for the subject matter. The result is lively and informative."
Kliatt