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Paul du Quenoy on a new production of “Simon Boccanegra” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

John Steele Gordon on “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party” by Edward Dolnick.

The Editors on Mark Catesby, Stephen Westfall, Fayum mummy portraits, Coade stone & more from the world of culture.

Roger Kimball on the life of the journalist Lance Morrow.

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Schiele’s gift, at least as he understood it, was for revealing the spirits of life and making them manifest in oil. “I can ...

James Como on “Herald of a Restless World” by Emily Herring.