Arts
The Baddest Man in Town
On the trail of a historical figure immortalized in African-American folklore
by Eric McHenry | Saturday, March 13, 2021
The Annotated “Stacka Lee”
Comments on the famous murder ballad’s oldest known lyrics
by Eric McHenry | Saturday, March 13, 2021
Swinging Into the Future
Kansas City of the 1930s witnessed a style of American music inspired by the wonders of the industrial age
by Joel Dinerstein | Monday, December 07, 2020
Long-Distance Punishment
Could a landmark work of conceptual art be an emblem for the Covid era?
by Sierra Bellows | Thursday, December 03, 2020
The Poet Who Painted
Max Jacob, who helped introduce Picasso to the French, was a talented artist in his own right
by Rosanna Warren | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
What a Great Talker She Was
by Willard Spiegelman | Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Two Prophets and an Angel
Looking back at one of Raphael’s most compelling studies, on the 500th anniversary of his death
by Ingrid D. Rowland | Tuesday, June 02, 2020
If You Frame It Like That
So much depends on the way a work is formatted
by Lincoln Perry | Monday, March 02, 2020
Hunger
by Annie Dillard | Monday, March 02, 2020
Bronzes for the Ages
The little-known genius of Bertoldo di Giovanni