Trump Visits the Kennedy Center and Muses on Hosting its Honors Gala
His press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, had said at Monday’s briefing that Mr. Trump’s would be touring the center with “a […]
Art
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.
Stuart Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer who lives in New York, has been collecting art and antiques since he was
A Mathematical ‘Fever Dream’ Hits the Road
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the baking of cookies in
A Mathematical ‘Fever Dream’ Hits the Road
Ingrid Daubechies, a mathematician at Duke University, is an expert on many matters, not least the baking of cookies in
Where to Go See Art in the Triangle This Spring
A recent piece in Defector—The Wonder of the Regional Art Museum by the writer Megan Greenwall—extolled the power of overlooked
An Irish Designer Blends Materials and Cultures at World Expo
This article is part of our Design special section about the reverence for handmade objects. One of the first things
Keeper of Francis Bacon’s Secrets? Or a Fantasist and a Trickster?
The last time Barry Joule saw his friend Francis Bacon, it was 10 days before the celebrated painter’s death. No
TEFAF: Ecofeminism Returns, With a Renewed Focus on the Environment and Women
In 2018, the curator Catherine Taft began researching an exhibition on ecofeminism, assuming it would be a retrospective on a
Why Are We So Obsessed With the Color Blue?
WHY, INDEED, HAVE writers been so drawn to the color? According to surveys, blue is by far the world’s most
Why Are We So Obsessed With the Color Blue?
WHY, INDEED, HAVE writers been so drawn to the color? According to surveys, blue is by far the world’s most