Art and Culture

As far as popular music goes, 2024 will be remembered for Beyoncé’s reach into her Houston country roots for Cowboy Carter, the return of Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band to stadium rocking, the continuing bad beef between…
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It looks as if many people are “seeing red” when it comes to the first official portrait of King Charles III. Reactions to Jonathan Yeo’s monumental portrait have certainly been mixed. Fundamentally, this is the most traditional of…
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For thousands of years, humankind has fancied itself the apex of creation and the dominant force in the world. Yet humans are now gripped by the fear that yet another species of our own…
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Just outside Paddington Station in London, on the side of a corporate building at 50 Eastbourne Terrace, there is a large clock. Glance at it twice and you will notice there seems to be a miniature man inside, in a three-piece suit,…
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Sequoia Gallery’s final First Tuesday Art Walk. On the first Tuesday night in March, scores of visual arts lovers converged on Sequoia Gallery + Studios. As a principal stop in downtown Hillsboro’s monthly First Tuesday Art Walks…
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When pro-Palestinian student protesters took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University last month and renamed it “Hind’s Hall,” the banner they unfurled contained images of a cartoon character created over 50 years ago that symbolizes…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.I’m the theater reporter at The New York Times, which means I see a lot of plays and musicals — about 100 a…
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Rhinebeck Writers' Retreat. Last November in a sleek bar on a quiet street just off the push and buzz of Midtown Manhattan, Broadway actor-writers Adam Chanler-Berat and Beth Malone hosted an event to celebrate the new musical…
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As Americans head to the polls in 2024, the very future of our country is at stake. At HuffPost, we believe that a free press is critical to creating well-informed voters. That's why our journalism is free for everyone, even though other…
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“You’d be shocked by how many books have women chained in basements,” Reese Witherspoon said. “I know it happens in the world. I don’t want to read a book about it.”Nor does she want to read an academic treatise, or a 700-page novel…
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