An art review by Jonathan Lopez under the series Masterpiece in the October 19-20 edition of the Wall Street Journal: "Fantasy Made Flesh". The masterpiece is "Girl With a Pearl Earring" (c. 1665) by Johannes Vermeer.
A book review by Adam Tooze in the October 12-13 issue of The Wall Street Journal: "When Germany Went to the Brink". The book is 'The Downfall of Money' by Frederick Taylor, Bloomsbury, $30, 416 p.
A report by Rachel Donadio in the October 21 edition of The New York Times: "Opera Fights Hungary’s Rising Anti-Semitism"