By Staff 6/26/06 8:24am

Monday: Crazy Gravesend Jews and Insane Park Views

  • Brooklyn’s most expensive house (it’s in Gravesend, of course) is annihilated to make way for a 10,400-square-foot mansion. There are more multimillion-dollar teardowns to come, though thankfully some of the neighborhood’s “signature” orange roofs (?) will be maintained. The explanation for all this? Residents just “want to be close to the synagogues.” (The Read More

    • By Mario Naves 3/13/06 12:00am

    Munch’s Nightmarish Narcissism Prophesied Century’s Obsessions

    Here’s an ironclad guarantee: Visitors to Edvard Munch: The Modern Life of the Soul, an overview of paintings, drawings and prints by the Norwegian artist at the Museum of Modern Art, will snap to attention upon entering the second gallery of the exhibition.

    The canvases that greet the viewer there—Despair (1892), Angst (1894) and Evening Read More

    By Ralph Gardner Jr. 8/11/03 12:00am

    Crime Blotter

    With Helpers Like These,

    Who Needs Hinderers? The problem with being able to afford lots of household help is that when your jewelry goes missing, it’s hard to sort through all the possible suspects: maids, nannies, drivers, personal assistants, yoga instructors, etc.

    That’s the dilemma Diandra Douglas, gal about town and former wife of Read More

    By Hilton Kramer 3/05/01 12:00am

    At Last, a Munch Show Gives Us Spooky Norway

    Has there ever before been an exhibition devoted to the paintings of the Norwegian master Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in a New York gallery? Munch’s prints are well known, of course, and justly admired. Yet it is only isolated examples of his paintings that we get to see, even in our museums. I cannot recall ever Read More

    By Anne Roiphe 2/23/98 12:00am

    Bubbly Monica: Is She Good for the Jews?

    Monica Lewinsky won’t have to perjure herself to admit that she’s a Jewish girl. That at least has already been admitted into evidence. The remaining big question: Is this good for the Jews, or bad? In some Jewish circles, Monica is being referred to as Queen Esther, who was the prettiest girl in Persia and Read More