September 19, 2020

Things to Do This Week

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication. […]
August 23, 2020

Black Artists Find Ways to Make Their Voices Heard in Portland

Over the years, Bobby Fouther has watched the historic center of African-American life in Portland bloom, shrink and expand again. The 69-year-old artist was born into […]
August 20, 2020

For Gregory Crewdson, Truth Lurks in the Landscape

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The world has caught up to Gregory Crewdson. In his large-scale photographs, which are produced with a movie crew in bravura Hollywood […]
August 10, 2020

She Explains ‘Mansplaining’ With Help From 17th-Century Art

This story begins, as so many do these days, on Twitter. Last May, Nicole Tersigni, a Detroit-based writer, logged onto the social media platform at the […]
July 31, 2020

Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss

When Beyoncé took a speaking role as Nala — the eventual queen — in the 2019 remake of “The Lion King,” she decided to delve beyond […]
July 24, 2020

Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’

A Black youth lays bare-chested in a field of wildflowers. Three others play double Dutch, framed from below, the blues of their jeans and tees fuzzing […]
June 18, 2020

This Year, a London Art Fair Will Happen Everywhere

The whole point of art fairs is to gather people from all over the world in one place to look at, and trade in, works — […]
June 16, 2020

What Has Lockdown Meant for L.G.B.T.Q. Artists and Writers?

This article is part of our latest Pride special report, featuring L.G.B.T.Q. voices on the challenges and possibilities of these troubled times. It’s a painful paradox […]
June 15, 2020

When Pyer Moss Brought Police Brutality to the Runway

In the last two years, Kerby Jean-Raymond, the founder of Pyer Moss, has become something of a New York Fashion Week star, famous for taking the […]
May 22, 2020

First Inklings of Fame

It is graduation season, and luminaries like Tina Fey, Oprah, Tom Hanks and Barack Obama are giving advice to graduates about starting their next chapter. Of […]