Art and Culture

Religious iconography was on Serrano’s palette from the start. He collects religious artifacts and uses church pews as living-room couches. Like many nonobservant Catholics, he appears to be anticlerical but not anti-Christian. He isn’t…
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If I had been watching the movie at home, I definitely would not have teared up. But sitting in a theater with about 3,000 other people, watching the Beast turn around and see Belle at the top of the stairs near the end of Beauty and…
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While most retailers today assume that consumers want ever greater assortment, Costco’s popularity speaks to a countervailing desire for less choice. Indeed, the pre-selection of items for sale in their warehouses is part of the value…
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On July 14, two Congressional representatives—Dina Titus (D-Nevada) and Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) proposed a bill that would protect public artworks commissioned by the U.S. government. The PRESERVE Act (“Protecting Resources and…
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The most revealing thing about this year’s first-half auction reports wasn’t how much money Christie’s or Sotheby’s made. It was how they made it. Just a few years ago, these reports would have revolved around blue-chip artists…
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“This is a critical first win in our case to ensure this megamerger never sees the light of day,” California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, a Democrat who is leading the states’ lawsuit, said in a statement. A spokeswoman for Paramount…
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In Avignon, where artists, programmers and theatergoers rub shoulders for a month every summer, the announcement has ignited fierce debates and protests. Last week, an estimated 1,800 people demonstrated in front of the Papal Palace.…
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My teacher was one of the people I most wanted to see whenever I visited New York City. Usually I’d call her as soon as I was settled, and when she answered the phone, I’d say, “Hi, this is Jane Bernstein,” and she’d say, “Jane…
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There are, of course, other models of languages coexisting, with varying levels of amity. The Flemish-French divide in Belgium has not exploded in tumult but has nevertheless left the country in a state of institutional paralysis. French…
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