The Overachievers, by Alexandra Robbins. Hyperion, 439 pages, $24.95.
There’s a fearsome plague among us. It’s not AIDS. It’s not drug-resistant TB or the Ebola virus. It’s a gnawing emptiness deep within the guts of children from rich families.
Yes, “affluenza”—identified in the late 1990’s as the vague malaise one feels when the thrill of Read More
What on earth prompted the painter Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965), whose work is the subject of an exhibition at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, to take up sculpture? Diller, an American follower of Mondrian, was incapable of treating an aesthetic decision lightly; the move to make sculpture came, no doubt, after prolonged consideration. Maybe an explanation can Read More
Less Is More: Diller Thrived
On Limitations of Painting
What on earth prompted the painter Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965), whose work is the subject of an exhibition at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, to take up sculpture? Diller, an American follower of Mondrian, was incapable of treating an aesthetic decision lightly; the move to make sculpture Read More
A smiling hostess greeted me at the door of Sumile, a small Japanese restaurant in the West Village. “You’re the first,” she said. “Would you like a seat at the bar?”
“I’d prefer to go to the table, if you don’t mind.”
“I’m sorry, you can’t do that until your party is complete.”
This holiday season, signs that all is well with the
world-or at least that charmed swatch of it that extends from approximately
59th to 96th streets and from Fifth Avenue to Sutton Place-include the party
rental trucks that relentlessly ply Park Avenue, the armies of contractors and
construction workers sipping coffee and patiently awaiting admission Read More
I am a working musician. I have spent countless hours traversing interstates from coast to coast, in vehicles crammed with fellow band members, crew, road cases and instruments. Road maps are burned into my brain like aging memories of family.
Touring once in a while is hard enough, but surviving months of engagements, booked by Read More
