Xi’s Millennial Problem Decades into China’s economic boom, the country’s young artists are suddenly reckoning with a government that’s switched gears
The Naked Edge Ahead of a BBC series on the female nude in Western Art, its creator traces contemporary debates back to Renaissance anxieties over David’s willy
January 28, 2020
Mayhem for the Ears
Hunted, a fast-paced mystery podcast by the mastermind behind Law & Order, stars Parker Posey
Full Stoppard
Set in Vienna’s Jewish community in the early part of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt, says the playwright, is “not even close to being autobiographical.” And yet …
Something’s Coming
The West Side Story story is a complicated one, and the new Broadway production has a lot of history to reckon with
Rebel with More than a Clue
Lee Child, the immoderate, rebellious, gazillion-copies-selling author and creator of Jack Reacher, is now … a Booker Prize judge
King of the Left Bank Lit Set Bernard-Henri Lévy on Trump, the Kurds, and the dress code he sticks to no matter the terrain—or how low his shirt buttons go.
January 13, 2020
America’s Storyteller A national tour of Black painter Jacob Lawrence’s depictions of the country’s historical turning points lands at the Met
Michael Kiwanuka With his new album, he’s being compared to Stevie Wonder and Solomon Burke—and moving beyond the shadow of Big Little Lies
