Opinion

The True Report of a Former Getty Curator Lost in Scandal

Hamlet thought he could do it. The prince believed he could exert control over the narrative of his life’s major events and the part he played in their grim culmination.

Art

Printing a Poem on an Orchard’s Apples

The apples in Seattle's Piper's Orchard will ripen this summer and fall with words from a 26-section poem printed on their skin.

In Brief

William Kentridge Plans Massive, Vanishing Mural in Rome

In April 2016, South African artist William Kentridge will unveil “Triumphs and Laments,” a 550-meter (~1,804 feet) frieze along the embankment of Rome’s Tiber River.

Art

How a Set of Rediscovered 19th-Century Japanese Doors Leads to Frank Lloyd Wright

Last week, a trio of late-19th-century Japanese sliding door paintings, originally believed to be missing or destroyed, finally emerged after years spent hidden in a Chicago Park District storage facility.

Art

A Geometry of Spatial Illusion

PARIS — Felice Varini’s environmental paintings can only be experienced in architectural space.

Art

A Show that Embraces Failure

MEXICO CITY — “I’ll just keep on ... till I get it right,” croons Tammy Wynette’s melancholy, droning voice to viewers as they enter Mexico City’s LABOR gallery.

Art

The Living History of Jacob Lawrence's 'Migration Series'

I am only one generation removed from the history of African American migrants who, between 1917 and 1970, travelled North seeking economic opportunity, education, and respite from the strictures of Jim Crow South.

Comics

Caffeine Is My Studio Assistant

I have a bad habit of "overstimulating" myself before deadlines.

Opinion

Required Reading

This week, college and the market, foundations funding inequality, MoMA by the numbers, 1-star Yelp reviews of US national parks, and more.

Opinion

Weekend Words: Plunge

Some call it a plunge, some call it a correction, some call it the end of the world. The global economy grips its seat as the stock market slide rattles nerves for a second week in a row.

Music

Galantis, Intimacy Machine

A cascading synthesizer shimmers as a nondescript female voice starts whispering various stock phrases. The melody builds a little, there’s a brief pause, then the singer becomes a chipmunk and the synthesizers start blocking out the beat.

Art

A Photographer Who Deserves to Be Widely Known

A few weeks ago, while a friend and I were driving to Rockland, Maine, where I was scheduled to give a lecture, we stopped in Portland, because I wanted to see the exhibition Rose Marasco: index at the Portland Museum of Art.