The Price Isn’t Right
Premium ticket costs mean that Broadway shows are increasingly the province of tourists with deep pockets
By Wendy Smith Tuesday, September 5, 2017
A Legacy in Ruins
What now for Iraq’s Mosul Museum, recently liberated from ISIS?
By Cathy Otten Monday, June 5, 2017
A Wink and a Nod
The French artist Nadar at his most subversive and sly
By Adam Begley Monday, June 5, 2017
Scenes from a Lost World
Remember when urban life was gritty and bleak, but also poetic?
By Robert Campbell Monday, March 6, 2017
Some Perspective, Please
Why is the age-old technique of representing three dimensions so maligned today?
By Lincoln Perry Monday, March 6, 2017
The Lightness of Errol Flynn
In praise of the irresistible swashbuckler
By Brian Doyle Monday, December 5, 2016
The Old Master
Neville Marriner breathed new life into Baroque music, with a sense of drive and panache
By Sudip Bose Monday, December 5, 2016
Out of the Studio, Into the Light
The long journey of Robert Irwin
By Andy Grundberg Tuesday, September 6, 2016
All in the Family
Gazing into the soul of a lauded play and seeing glimpses of one’s past
By Wendy Smith Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Frightfully Askew
What asymmetry in art can tell us about the way we view sickness and health, life and death
By Lincoln Perry Thursday, May 5, 2022
Sex and Secrets
Rare is the Hitchcock film that celebrates desire without disaster
By Lisa Zeidner Saturday, December 4, 2021
If You Can’t See the Stage, Turn to the Page
With theaters shut during the pandemic, reading plays has shed surprising light on works both familiar and strange
By Wendy Smith Thursday, December 2, 2021
The Inheritance of Nations
To what extent does a work of art belong to the people of the world?
By Hannah Barbosa Cesnik Monday, June 14, 2021
Raising Mank
The Academy Award–winning film about the making of Citizen Kane is really a window into the tumultuous, brutal side of Hollywood’s golden age
By Jerome Charyn Saturday, June 5, 2021
Obscura No More
How photography rose from the margins of the art world to occupy its vital center
By Andy Grundberg Thursday, April 29, 2021
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 7, 2020
Long-Distance Punishment
Could a landmark work of conceptual art be an emblem for the Covid era?
By Sierra Bellows Thursday, December 3, 2020
