Overdue career tributes and shows on West African textiles and the Great Migration demonstrate museums responding to global movement and demographic shifts.Overdue career tributes and…
View More Amid Uncertainty, Art Museums Respond to Demographic ShiftsCategory: Culture & Traditions
New Galleries for Dutch and Flemish Art Complicate Pictures of the Past
New galleries for Dutch and Flemish art in Boston, and the arrival of “Afro-Atlantic Histories” in Houston, will complicate serene pictures of the past.New galleries…
View More New Galleries for Dutch and Flemish Art Complicate Pictures of the PastWhat if the Inca Conquered Europe? A Novel Rewrites History.
“Civilizations,” by Laurent Binet, imagines a counterhistory of the Spanish conquests.“Civilizations,” by Laurent Binet, imagines a counterhistory of the Spanish conquests.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Civilizations…
View More What if the Inca Conquered Europe? A Novel Rewrites History.This Kenyan Activist Said No to ‘the Cut’
In her memoir, “The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree,” Nice Leng’ete tells the story of her courageous fight against female genital mutilation.In her memoir,…
View More This Kenyan Activist Said No to ‘the Cut’After 22 Years, Gayl Jones Returns
“Palmares” — her first novel since 1999’s “Mosquito” — is an emancipation story set in 17th-century Brazil.“Palmares” — her first novel since 1999’s “Mosquito” —…
View More After 22 Years, Gayl Jones ReturnsGabrielle Union Has Some Personal Updates
In her second memoir, “You Got Anything Stronger?,” the actor bares her struggles with fertility, rape, aging and grief.In her second memoir, “You Got Anything…
View More Gabrielle Union Has Some Personal UpdatesA Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art Surveys
Greater New York, the New Museum triennial and the Performa biennial, which all open in October, should allow us to take stock of what the…
View More A Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art SurveysRudy Giuliani’s Rowdy 9/11 Speech Leaves Late-Night Hosts Reeling
‘I’m not saying Rudy was drunk, but that’s usually when guys from Brooklyn start to imitate the queen of England,’ Seth Meyers said.‘I’m not saying…
View More Rudy Giuliani’s Rowdy 9/11 Speech Leaves Late-Night Hosts ReelingIn artist Christo posthumous tribute, Arc de Triomphe wrapped in silvery blue
Christo Javacheff was known for his larger-than-life installations — he wrapped up a stretch of coastline in Australia and the Reichstag parliament building in Berlin,…
View More In artist Christo posthumous tribute, Arc de Triomphe wrapped in silvery blueReview: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable
If you think Ngozi Anyanwu’s new play is a straightforward romance, think again.If you think Ngozi Anyanwu’s new play is a straightforward romance, think again.Read…
View More Review: In ‘The Last of the Love Letters,’ Passion Is Inescapable