Artists Who Meet “New Criterion” Criteria

At its “first-ever art auction and gala dinner,” The New Criterion magazine on Sept. 21 will sell “rare and unique work by many of our favorite artists.” So who are these anointed “favorites”? Here’s the list, heavy on the traditional and the figurative, as befits a conservative bastion:
William Bailey, Max Beckmann, Oscar Bluemner, Jacob Collins, Viviano Codazzi, Adrienne Farb, Ian Hamilton Finlay With Gary Hincks, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Kinney Frelinghuysen, Tom Goldenberg, Cristina Grassi, Al Held, Robert Henri, Alex Katz, Marcia Gygli King, James Little, Alice Neel, Graham Nickson, Jules Olitski, Philip Pearlstein, Sally Pettus, Richard Pousette-Dart, Paul Resika, Morgan Russell, John Walker, Thornton Willis, Christopher Wilmarth
Next spring, this self-styled “staunch defender of the values of high culture,” will publish an anthology of its articles over the past 25 years. Do you think they’ll include my favorite—the one in which magazine co-founder Hilton Kramer channels CultureGrrl?