By Staff 7/14/05 5:06pm

People’s Hearing

“Ladies and gentlemen of the commission, I hope somewhere, wherever you are, that your ears are itching to what has been said today,” exclaimed white-clad author and 2 Columbus Circle enthusiast Tom Wolfe.

Of course, the ladies and gentlemen of the Landmarks Preservation Commission were nowhere to be found. Yet, each commissioner’s name was Read More

By Hilton Kramer 2/15/99 12:00am

Oh, What a Shame: Andrews Loses Duel With Critics

That artists often despise critics (except, of course, the critics who praise them) is an old story. Yet it is a rarity for artists to strike back by ridiculing their critics in a painting or sculpture or some other work of art. It is not entirely unknown, however. In this century, Arthur C. Dove’s The Read More