DAVID HIROSHI JAGER
Mr. Jager is an arts and culture writer. He received his doctorate in…
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Comedian Martin Mull’s Posthumous Collection of Short Stories Is a Labor of Love He Concealed Until His Death
His male antiheroes are cranky, stubborn, and beleaguered, sandwiched amid the absurdities of life, the depredations of aging, and black existential angst.
In ‘100 Objects,’ YIVO Traces Jewish Diaspora Experience of Building Community From What Was at Hand
The items, compiled in a new book marking the institute’s centenary, are intimate, deeply interesting, occasionally appalling, and more than a little melancholy.
Penn Jillette, in Rollicking, Ribald ‘Felony Juggler,’ Follows Paths Not Taken on Road to Stardom as Comic Magician
The compulsively readable semi-autobiographical novel features monologues, metaphysical asides, raunchy jokes, and pure hilarious bluster — and none of it is verifiable.
A Look Back to ‘Circa 1995,’ When ‘New Figuration’ Was the Latest Signal of Painting’s Rebirth
Nothing is ever as pretty as it seems.
A Show Behind a Show: William Kentridge’s Swan Song to a Disappearing Era of Analog Print Making
Plus, nearby exhibitions by Picabia and Rauschenberg attest to New York City’s astonishing cultural richness.
Realism Emerges as a Painterly Alchemy That No Gadget Can Reproduce in Work by Caroline Walker, Leonard Baby
The intent of the artist, the framing of the image, and the hand holding the brush are the biggest determinants of what is ‘seen.’
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