| Is ‘Porgy’ A Stereotype? Take Two Part of the reason we think so is Sidney Poitier’s depiction of Porgy in the Otto Preminger movie. – Joe Horowitz
A Matter of Attribution & Legacy Why is artist Angel “LA2” Ortiz not included when we’re discussing Keith Haring’s work? – Jan Herman
Why “Porgy and Bess” and the Met Need One Another More than its disappointing 1985 predecessor, the Met’s vigorous new staging of Gershwin’s opera manages to vindicate a controversial cultural landmark whose reputation, still unsettled, feeds on the fraught racial sensitivities of the current moment. – Joe Horowitz
Mr. Armstrong, meet Mr. Shaw A friend of mine sent me this color photograph the other day, remarking that he suspected it was the only time that Louis Armstrong and George Bernard Shaw appeared in the same painting. – Terry Teachout
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