In this group of essays, Roger Kimball, managing editor of the brand new Criterion and an art critic for the London Spectator, illuminates a number of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art. His wide range of subjects contains Vincent vehicle Gogh, Clement Greenberg, the Barnes Base, Matthew Barney, Mark Rothko, as well as the Whitney Biennial, aswell as the way in which Gilbert and George show the psychopathology of current ethnic affects. Kimball observes that most of the truly invigorating actions in the artwork world today is definitely a tranquil affair. It takes place not in the Tate Modern in London or in the Museum of Contemporary Art in NY but off to 1 side, out of the limelight. It usually involves not the most recent thing but permanent things, measured not really by the buzz they create but by silences they motivate.

These provocative, revitalizing essays will open up your eyes to the fascinating world of art.