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  1. Additional Splendor
    James Gardner
    A 'Modern Wing' for the Art Institute of Chicago
    The Weekly Standard, July 13, 2009, pp. 36-37
  2. The Age of Extremism (1997)
    James Gardner
    The Enemies of Compromise in American Politics, Culture, and Race Relations
    1 Review
  3. [+]
    An Age of Transition (Review)
    James Gardner
    Pagans and Christians, by Robin Lane Fox
    1. Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox
    National Review, December 18, 1987, pp. 52-53
  4. [+]
    Apocalypse Now (Review)
    James Gardner
    Damascus Gate, by Robert Stone
    1. Damascus Gate by Robert Stone
    National Review, June 1, 1998, pp. 53-54
  5. Art
    James Gardner
    Commonweal, April 24, 1987, p. 244
  6. Art
    James Gardner
    Commonweal, December 18, 1987, pp. 750-751
  7. Art
    James Gardner
    Commonweal, October 23, 1987, pp. 599-600
  8. Art
    James Gardner
    Commonweal, January 29, 1988, pp. 51-53
  9. Art
    James Gardner
    Georgia O'Keeffe in Washington
    National Review, April 1, 1988, p. 54
  10. Art
    James Gardner
    God Save the Queen
    National Review, April 29, 1988, p. 49
  11. Art
    James Gardner
    From Russia With Love
    National Review, July 8, 1988, pp. 48-49
  12. Art
    James Gardner
    Of, By, and For the Left
    National Review, May 13, 1988, p. 59
  13. Art
    James Gardner
    Paul Gauguin in the Vanguard
    National Review, November 7, 1988, p. 70
  14. Art
    James Gardner
    Rebels Without a Cause
    National Review, September 30, 1988, p. 56
  15. [+]
    Art (Review)
    James Gardner
    A Star in Reborn
    1. Artemisia Gentileschi by Mary D. Garrard
    National Review, August 4, 1989, p. 44
  16. Art
    James Gardner
    Art History 101
    National Review, December 8, 1989, p. 45
  17. Art
    James Gardner
    Anselm Kiefer at MoMA
    National Review, March 10, 1989, pp. 52-53
  18. Art
    James Gardner
    On Losing One's Marbles
    National Review, October 27, 1989, p. 53
  19. Art
    James Gardner
    Eminent Outrage
    National Review, August 6, 1990, p. 45
  20. Art
    James Gardner
    False Witness
    National Review, January 22, 1990, pp. 53-55
  21. Art
    James Gardner
    Reveling in Irrationality
    National Review, June 25, 1990, pp. 52-53
  22. Art
    James Gardner
    Heart of the Hudson
    National Review, March 5, 1990, pp. 56-57
  23. Art
    James Gardner
    Understanding from Within
    National Review, November 19, 1990, pp. 56-58
  24. Art
    James Gardner
    Highs, Lows, and Furbelows
    National Review, February 11, 1991, pp. 57-58
  25. Art
    James Gardner
    Tremors and Halations
    National Review, July 29, 1991, p. 45
  26. Art
    James Gardner
    One with Nineveh and Tyre
    National Review, May 13, 1991, pp. 52-53
  27. Art
    James Gardner
    A House for Humans
    National Review, August 3, 1992, p. 47
  28. Art
    James Gardner
    American Graffiti
    National Review, December 14, 1992, p. 56
  29. Art
    James Gardner
    Dislocations at the Modern
    National Review, March 16, 1992, pp. 47-48
  30. Art
    James Gardner
    Homeboys of the Bourgeoisie
    National Review, November 2, 1992, p. 64
  31. Art
    James Gardner
    Nowhere Man
    National Review, March 29, 1993, pp. 72-73
  32. [+]
    Art, American-Style (Review)
    James Gardner
    American Visions, by Robert Hughes
    1. American Visions by Robert Hughes
    National Review, June 16, 1997, pp. 50-51
  33. Art: Adventures of the Optic Nerve
    James Gardner
    National Review, September 28, 1998, p. 62
  34. Art: Altogether Rothko
    James Gardner
    Mark Rothko at New York's Whitney Museum
    National Review, November 23, 1998, p. 58
  35. Art: America on Canvas
    James Gardner
    The Whitney's "American Century"
    National Review, June 28, 1999, pp. 60-61
  36. Art: Art---Art!---at the Whitney
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 1, 1995, p. 84
  37. Art: But Is It Good?
    James Gardner
    National Review, August 3, 1998, p. 54
  38. Art: In Your Face
    James Gardner
    The Ingres exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
    National Review, November 8, 1999, p. 65
  39. Art: Indian Country
    James Gardner
    National Review, December 19, 1994, p. 60
  40. Art: Ink-Stained Wretches
    James Gardner
    Body Art: Marks of Identity at the Museum of Natural History
    National Review, June 5, 2000, pp. 55-56
  41. Art: Is It Art?
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 4, 1998, p. 58
  42. Art: Lost in the Male
    James Gardner
    National Review, February 6, 1995, p. 76
  43. Art: Martha Stewart Meets Kropotkin
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 5, 1997, p. 58
  44. Art: No Phony
    James Gardner
    Jackson Pollock at New York's Museum of Modern Art
    National Review, December 7, 1998, p. 70
  45. Art: Radiant Baby
    James Gardner
    National Review, October 27, 1997, pp. 58-60
  46. Art: Raphael on Acid
    James Gardner
    Dosso Dossi
    National Review, May 3, 1999, p. 58
  47. Art: Schlock on the Block
    James Gardner
    National Review, June 8, 1992, p. 56
  48. Art: Still Lives
    James Gardner
    The Whitney's Duane Hanson retrospective
    National Review, February 8, 1999, pp. 60-61
  49. Art: The Assassin Who Failed
    James Gardner
    National Review, December 27, 1993, p. 67
  50. Art: The Ruins of 42nd Street
    James Gardner
    National Review, October 4, 1993, p. 62
  51. Art: Up Close and Impersonal
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 18, 1998, p. 58
  52. Art: Up with Abstraction
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 6, 1996, p. 56
  53. Art: Vital Records
    James Gardner
    National Review, November 7, 1994, p. 80
  54. Art: Woof Woof at the Whitney
    James Gardner
    National Review, April 27, 1992, p. 54
  55. Art: Worshipping at the Church of Art
    James Gardner
    National Review, January 24, 1994, pp. 68-69
  56. Books, Arts & Manners
    Bastille Day
    James Gardner
    Julian Schnabel
    National Review, January 22, 1988, pp. 56-57
  57. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Better Believe It (Review)
    James Gardner
    Life: The Movie, by Neal Gabler
    1. Life: The Movie by Neal Gabler
    National Review, February 22, 1999, p. 46
  58. Biblionline
    James Gardner
    The translation of the printed word into cyberspace
    The Weekly Standard, February 8, 2010, pp. 37-38
  59. Biennial Bland
    James Gardner
    Accentuating the positive at the Whitney
    The Weekly Standard, May 10, 2010, p. 38
  60. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    The Bigger the...Better? (Review)
    James Gardner
    Mason and Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon
    1. Mason and Dixon by Thomas Pynchon
    National Review, June 30, 1997, pp. 44-45
  61. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    James Gardner
    Making the Mummies Dance, by Thomas Hoving
    1. Making the Mummies Dance by Thomas Hoving
    National Review, March 1, 1993, p. 65
  62. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    James Gardner
    Private Parts, by Howard Stern
    1. Private Parts by Howard Stern
    National Review, February 7, 1994, p. 74
  63. The Bronzino Age
    James Gardner
    Recognition for a master in the shadow of the Renaissance
    The Weekly Standard, March 8, 2010, pp. 41-42
  64. [+]
    Castelli's Art (Review)
    James Gardner
    Leo and His Circle, by Annie Cohen-Solal
    1. Leo and His Circle by Annie Cohen-Solal
    The Weekly Standard, August 23, 2010, pp. 37-38
  65. [+]
    Check-Out Time (Review)
    James Gardner
    Hotel Lautreamont, by John Ashbery
    1. Hotel Lautreamont by John Ashbery
    National Review, February 15, 1993, p. 50
  66. [+]
    Closer to Perfection (Review)
    James Gardner
    Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, by Donald Kagan
    1. Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy by Donald Kagan
    National Review, December 3, 1990, pp. 52-53
  67. [+]
    Common 'Cold'? (Review)
    James Gardner
    Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
    1. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
    National Review, December 31, 1997, p. 54
  68. Culture or Trash? (1993)
    James Gardner
    A Provocative View of Contemporary Painting, Sculpture, and Other Costly Comm...
    1 Review
  69. [+]
    Deco Chamber (Review)
    James Gardner
    Machine Beauty, by David H. Gelernter
    1. Machine Beauty by David H. Gelernter
    National Review, March 23, 1998, pp. 54-55
  70. Books
    [+]
    The eternal note of Salvatore Quasimodo (Review)
    James Gardner
    Complete Poems, by Salvatore Quasimodo
    1. Complete Poems by Salvatore Quasimodo
    The New Criterion, June 1985, pp. 85-87
  71. [+]
    Exile's Voice (Review)
    James Gardner
    George Steiner at 'The New Yorker', by George Steiner
    1. George Steiner at 'The New Yorker' by George Steiner
    The Weekly Standard, June 15, 2009, pp. 37-38
  72. Faiths of the World (1858)
    James Gardner
  73. [+]
    First Steps (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust, by Joachim Neugroschel and Marcel Proust
    1. The Complete Short Stories of Marcel Proust by Joachim Neugroschel and Marcel Proust
    National Review, July 23, 2001, pp. 50-51
  74. [+]
    The Gay Science (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Queen's Throat, by Wayne Koestenbaum
    1. The Queen's Throat by Wayne Koestenbaum
    National Review, May 10, 1993, pp. 50-51
  75. [+]
    Getting Real (Review)
    James Gardner
    Freedomland, by Richard Price
    1. Freedomland by Richard Price
    National Review, July 6, 1998, pp. 50-51
  76. Graffiti & Other Art Forms
    James Gardner
    Commentary, August 1985, pp. 49-53
  77. Books, Arts & Manners
    Having It All: Uncritical Critics in Today's Art World
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 19, 1989, pp. 47-49
  78. [+]
    History Bites (Review)
    James Gardner
    My Century, by Gunter Grass
    1. My Century by Gunter Grass
    National Review, December 6, 1999, p. 67
  79. [+]
    Ideas in Concrete (Review)
    James Gardner
    Le Corbusier: A Life, by Nicholas Fox Weber
    1. Le Corbusier: A Life by Nicholas Fox Weber
    The Weekly Standard, February 23, 2009, pp. 33-34
  80. [+]
    In Bad Taste (Review)
    James Gardner
    Exhibitionism, by Lynne Munson
    1. Exhibitionism by Lynne Munson
    National Review, December 4, 2000, p. 65
  81. Indian Art---and Ours
    James Gardner
    Commentary, April 1986, pp. 57-62
  82. Is Caravaggio Our Contemporary?
    James Gardner
    Commentary, June 1985, pp. 55-61
  83. Italo Calvino
    James Gardner
    The New Criterion, December 1985, pp. 6-13
  84. Jorge Luis Borges
    James Gardner
    The New Criterion, October 1986, pp. 16-24
  85. [+]
    Jung at Heart (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Jung Cult, by Richard Noll
    1. The Jung Cult by Richard Noll
    National Review, July 10, 1995, pp. 60-62
  86. Late Mastery
    James Gardner
    The marriage of art and humanity in Kandinsky
    The Weekly Standard, January 4, 2010, p. 44
  87. Letters
    David C. Stolinsky, James L. Bernat, and Lawrence I. Bonchek, ...
    Commentary, July 1986, pp. 2-10
  88. Letters
    Laurence H. Tribe, Stanley C. Brubaker, and Jean-Francois Revel, ...
    Commentary, May 1989, pp. 2-16
  89. [+]
    The Los Angeles of Novels (Review)
    James Gardner
    Underworld, by Don DeLillo
    1. Underworld by Don DeLillo
    National Review, November 24, 1997, p. 60
  90. [+]
    Books in Brief (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Tory View of Landscape, by Nigel Everett
    1. The Tory View of Landscape by Nigel Everett
    National Review, December 31, 1994, p. 65
  91. Manners: In Defense of Chain Stores
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 20, 1996, pp. 72-73
  92. Memoirs of Christian Females (1841)
    James Gardner
    With an Essay on the Influences of Female Piety
  93. Memoirs of Christian Missionaries (1848)
    James Gardner
  94. Michelangelo and the Quattrocento
    James Gardner
    The New Criterion, November 1985, pp. 67-74
  95. Missing Persons
    James Gardner
    J.D. Salinger, Fashion Victim:
    National Review, April 7, 1997, p. 51
  96. MoMA's Matisse
    James Gardner
    Yet another journey to the garden
    The Weekly Standard, October 18, 2010, pp. 38-39
  97. Museums: Devolution
    James Gardner
    National Review, September 11, 1995, p. 69
  98. [+]
    The mystery of genius (Review)
    James Gardner
    A Ringing Glass, by Donald A. Prater
    1. A Ringing Glass by Donald A. Prater
    The New Criterion, January 1987, pp. 70-77
  99. [+]
    The New York School (Review)
    James Gardner
    Pollock and After, by Francis Frascina
    1. Pollock and After by Francis Frascina
    Commentary, August 1986, pp. 60-61
  100. [+]
    Nice Jewish Golem (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Puttermesser Papers, by Cynthia Ozick
    1. The Puttermesser Papers by Cynthia Ozick
    National Review, September 1, 1997, p. 50
  101. [+]
    No forgetting (Review)
    James Gardner
    All Our Yesterdays, by Natalia Ginzburg
    1. All Our Yesterdays by Natalia Ginzburg
    The New Criterion, September 1985, pp. 69-71
  102. [+]
    Noble Savage (Review)
    James Gardner
    A Life of Picasso, Vol. I: 1881-1906, by John Richardson and Marilyn McCully
    1. A Life of Picasso, Vol. I: 1881-1906 by John Richardson and Marilyn McCully
    National Review, April 1, 1991, pp. 46-47
  103. On the Scene
    James Gardner
    Pearls of Wisdom
    National Review, May 20, 1996, pp. 28-29
  104. [+]
    Our Country, 'Tis of Thee (Review)
    James Gardner
    In the Beauty of the Lilies, by John Updike
    1. In the Beauty of the Lilies by John Updike
    National Review, February 26, 1996, p. 63
  105. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    Outing the Internet (5 Reviews)
    James Gardner
    Life on the Screen, by Sherry Turkle
    1. Life on the Screen by Sherry Turkle
    2. Road Warriors by Daniel Burstein and David Kline
    3. The Road Ahead by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, and Peter M. Rinearson, ...
    4. War of the Worlds by Mark Slouka
    5. Escape Velocity by Mark Dery
    National Review, October 14, 1996, pp. 81-82
  106. Observations
    Picasso's Motif
    James Gardner
    Commentary, May 1987, pp. 56-58
  107. [+]
    Poet of things past (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Colloquies and Selected Letters, by Guido Gozzano
    1. The Colloquies and Selected Letters by Guido Gozzano
    The New Criterion, October 1987, pp. 77-80
  108. [+]
    Post-Valedictory (Review)
    James Gardner
    New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985, by Robert Penn Warren
    1. New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985 by Robert Penn Warren
    Commentary, November 1985, pp. 122-124
  109. Postmodernist Blues
    James Gardner
    Commentary, January 1989, pp. 55-61
  110. [+]
    Professional American (Review)
    James Gardner
    Timbuktu, by Paul Auster
    1. Timbuktu by Paul Auster
    National Review, July 26, 1999, p. 57
  111. Professor Vendler's Garden of Verses
    James Gardner
    Commentary, January 1986, pp. 50-55
  112. [+]
    Propertius, our contemporary (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Poems, by Propertius and W.G. Shepherd #2
    1. The Poems by Propertius and W.G. Shepherd #2
    The New Criterion, June 1986, pp. 73-77
  113. Rembrandt Lite
    James Gardner
    The versatility of an aging child prodigy
    The Weekly Standard, April 6, 2009, p. 44
  114. [+]
    Rock and Rushdie (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Ground Beneath Her Feet, by Salman Rushdie
    1. The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
    National Review, May 17, 1999, p. 61
  115. [+]
    Rock-Star Rembrandt (Review)
    James Gardner
    Rembrandt's Eyes, by Simon Schama
    1. Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon Schama
    National Review, February 21, 2000, p. 53
  116. [+]
    The Secret of His Success (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Ruin of Kasch, by Roberto Calasso
    1. The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso
    National Review, March 20, 1995, p. 73
  117. [+]
    The Shock of the New (Review)
    James Gardner
    A Vision of Britain, by Prince Charles of Wales
    1. A Vision of Britain by Prince Charles of Wales
    National Review, December 22, 1989, p. 43
  118. The Spanish "Golden Age"
    James Gardner
    The New Criterion, October 1985, pp. 24-33
  119. Television: Leave It to Beavis
    James Gardner
    National Review, May 2, 1994, pp. 60-61
  120. [+]
    That's Our Boy (Review)
    James Gardner
    The Informers, by Bret Easton Ellis
    1. The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis
    National Review, September 12, 1994, p. 86
  121. Theater: Lowering the Rent
    James Gardner
    National Review, June 3, 1996, p. 56
  122. [+]
    The Thinker as Everyman (Review)
    James Gardner
    A World of Ideas, by Bill Moyers
    1. A World of Ideas by Bill Moyers
    Commentary, October 1989, p. 70
  123. [+]
    Transgressive Fiction (5 Reviews)
    James Gardner
    In the Cut, by Susanna Moore
    1. In the Cut by Susanna Moore
    2. The End of Alice by A.M. Homes
    3. Try by Dennis Cooper
    4. American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
    5. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
    National Review, June 17, 1996, pp. 54-56
  124. Christmas Books
    Twice Blest
    James Gardner
    National Review, December 17, 1990, pp. 46-50
  125. Notebook
    The victory of Posidippus
    James Gardner
    The New Criterion, October 2003, pp. 78-86
  126. [+]
    Well! (Review)
    James Gardner
    Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls, by Denis Donoghue
    1. Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls by Denis Donoghue
    National Review, July 31, 1995, p. 61
  127. [+]
    With Friends Like These... (Review)
    James Gardner
    Painting as an Art, by Richard Wollheim
    1. Painting as an Art by Richard Wollheim
    National Review, June 24, 1988, p. 50
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