Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

 

New on nybooks.com: Michael Kimmelman on the need for public spaces, Anne Applebaum on Ukrainian history, Ian Buruma on Brussels and the future of Europe, and Robyn Creswell on what Syrians want for their country after five years of war.

 

In the Review’s April 7 issue

 

The Craving for Public Squares Michael Kimmelman

 

The Victory of Ukraine Anne Applebaum History, journalism, and the struggle for independence

In the Capital of Europe Ian Buruma Brussels has been a haven for dissidents, misfits, bohemians, and refugees

 

Also in this issue: Perry Link on Mao’s poetry, David Rieff on UN peacekeeping, Robert Winter on Charles Rosen’s recordings, and more

 

NYR Daily

 

Voices from a Different Syria Robyn Creswell

 

Calendar

 

Fischli/Weiss Two Swiss artists who defy conventional notions of the “proper” material from which to make art

Astro Noise​ Laura Poitras’s new work concerns systems of secret surveillance that have proliferated since 9/11

‘Removed’ Eric Pickersgill makes portraits of people locked in an intimate gaze with a missing device