American monthly journal of arts, culture, and criticism founded by Hilton Kramer and Samuel Lipman. Committed to upholding standards in the arts and culture against what it sees as the degradation of postmodernism, identity politics, and academic radicalism.
Sustained a tradition of serious aesthetic criticism grounded in Western cultural standards; served as a consistent institutional voice for cultural conservatism; published major critics and essayists defending artistic excellence against politicized art world trends.
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