THE NEW CRITERION December 2012 The Armory Show at 100 by James Panero The lessons of the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art. For a century, the 1913 “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” better known as the Armory Show, has served as a shorthand in the history of taste. Here...

James writes: When old timers like Holland Cotter and Peter Schjeldahl are grumbling about art fairs, it's time to give the art fair another look. Through Monday, the organizers behind London's Frieze Art Fair decided to take on The Armory Show and March's "art fair week" with a New York appear...

Kathleen Gilje Charlie Finch in the Manner of a Rembrandt Self-Portrait (2006) James writes: The gossip columnist Charlie Finch is a close reader of The New Criterion and a McGovernite relative of President Nixon. He is also the insult comic of the art world. If you are on the receiving end of...

James writes: You don't need a passport to cross the border into the vital arts scene of Bushwick, Brooklyn, but it can help to have a guide. That's why Jason Andrew, the co-owner of Storefront Gallery and the director of the Bushwick nonprofit Norte Maar, organizes Bushwick Beatnite. For these ...