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

by Ingrid D. Rowland | Monday, December 02, 2019