The New Criterion

The architect George Knight describes the vision and process behind his firm's renovation of the Yale Center for British Art.

The art historian Michael J. Lewis discusses the evolution of museum architecture.

The historian Bruce Cole advocates a separation between the worlds of art appreciation and community organizing.

The art critic Karen Wilkin praises the merits of simple museum displays and a contemplative approach to art art works.

The Wall Street Journal art critic Eric Gibson describes the way postmodernism reshaped the character of museums.

Executive Editor James Panero discusses the character and trends of contemporary art museums.

Roger Kimball's introduction to our symposium on museums, held Friday, October 21 at the French Consulate in New York.

Associate editor Eric C. Simpson and music critic Jay Nordlinger discuss their picks for the first half of the 2016–17 New York musical season. Intro/extro: Variations on "The Last Rose of Summer" by H. W. Ernst, performed by Eric C. Simpson. Image by Nils Olander via Creative Commons

The current and past Hilton Kramer fellows discuss The New Criterion’s Hilton Kramer Fellowship with Executive Editor James Panero.

Roger Kimball, James Panero, and the Editors discuss highlights from the September 2016 issue by The New Criterion

Executive editor James Panero and outgoing Hilton Kramer Fellow Benjamin Riley discuss the new “newcriterion.com”

Roger Kimball, James Panero, and Dominic Green on the renovated Yale Center for British Art; aired originally on WNPR.

Eric C. Simpson plays the Largo from Bach's Sonata No. 3 in C Major for Solo Violin.

For The New Criterion, James Panero talks to Dr. Anthony Daniels, aka Theodore Dalrymple, the frequent and acclaimed (and frequently acclaimed) essayist for the magazine. Dr. Daniels is the author of new book of essays, "Good and Evil in the Garden of Art: Discrimination as the Guarantor of Civilization," published by Criterion Books.

Assistant editor Eric C. Simpson and music critic Jay Nordlinger discuss their picks for the second half of the 2015–16 New York musical season. Music: Fuga from J. S. Bach's Sonata in C major for solo violin, performed by Eric C. Simpson. Image by Nils Olander via Creative Commons

For The New Criterion, James Panero talks to Steven W. Semes, Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at the Notre Dame School of Architecture, and the author of "The Future of the Past: A Conservation Ethic for Architecture, Urbanism and Historic Preservation." Semes's essay on an "architecture of place" will appear in the December 2015 issue of The New Criterion.

Assistant editor Eric C. Simpson and music critic Jay Nordlinger discuss their picks for the first half of the 2015–16 New York musical season. Intro/outro: Fuga from J. S. Bach's Sonata in G minor for solo violin, performed by Eric C. Simpson. Image by Nils Olander via Creative Commons

PAPERS BY: Peter Berkowitz (The Hoover Institute), Andrew McCarthy (The Foundation for the Defense of Democracy), Kenneth Minogue (UK), Jeremy Black (UK), Daniel Johnson, and John O'Sullivan OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Roger Kimball, Brian Anderson (The City Journal), Judge Robert H. Bork, Gerald Frost (UK), George Nash, James Piereson (The William E. Simon Foundation), Herbert London (The Hudson Institute), Michael Gleba (The Scaife Foundation) FIRST BROADCAST: 09/28/07

PAPERS BY: Peter Berkowitz (The Hoover Institute), Andrew McCarthy (The Foundation for the Defense of Democracy), Kenneth Minogue (UK), Jeremy Black (UK), Daniel Johnson, and John O'Sullivan OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Roger Kimball, Brian Anderson (The City Journal), Judge Robert H. Bork, Gerald Frost (UK), George Nash, James Piereson (The William E. Simon Foundation), Herbert London (The Hudson Institute), Michael Gleba (The Scaife Foundation) FIRST BROADCAST: 09/28/07

John O’Sullivan presents his new book “The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister.” On the eve of The New Criterion and Social Affairs Unit (London) Conference. FIRST BROADCAST: 09/27/07