Poetry in Motion
More than 100 of William Blake’s drawings, prints, and paintings go up in New Haven, showcasing the British poet’s visionary talent for blending art and language
Bowie in Aspic
From rejection letters to annotated Berlin menus, David Bowie saved it all. Now more than 90,000 artifacts are headed to the Victoria and Albert Museum, offering unprecedented insight into the Starman and his method
Marcantonio Brandolini d’Adda’s Guide to Venice
The Italian glassware designer shares his favorite spots in his hometown
Blame Canada
The Toronto International Film Festival has propelled the Hollywood hype machine for the past 50 years. Here are the newest causes for excitement
Force of Nature
An exhibition of still-life paintings by Rachel Ruysch goes up in Boston, honoring the Dutch artist whose fame in the 18th century rivaled that of Rembrandt
The Echo of Art Deco
The architectural style was born 100 years ago. Its influence remains undiminished
The Queen’s Gambit
Meyerbeer’s Ozymandian masterpiece Les Huguenots
Helen Rice’s Guide to Charleston
The artist, shopkeeper, and co-founder of the branding agency Fuzzco shares her favorite spots in her hometown
Water Falling at Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s greatest achievement is suffering from a bad case of nominative determinism
Inside “the Playpen”
Booze, jet packs, “Join, or Die” flags, and the occasional severed limb: welcome to Chicago’s most controversial party spot
Both Sides Now
Meet Harriet Walter, master-mistress of Shakespearean voices, now onstage in Bath
Laufey
With her new album, A Matter of Time, the 26-year-old Icelandic-Chinese singer, known for blending jazz into pop music, leaves behind the innocent image that once defined her
Chez Picasso
From the Côte d’Azur to the Rue des Grands-Augustins, a new exhibition in Dublin maps the artist’s career through the various French homes where he worked
Rosa Esteva’s Guide to Majorca
The fashion designer and founder of Cortana shares her favorite spots on the island she calls home
A Match Made in Dance Heaven
For the first time, Manhattan’s Joyce Theater organizes its Ballet Festival around a single choreographer, Jerome Robbins, in a program curated by Tiler Peck, a principal dancer at New York City Ballet
A Pragmatic Progressive’s Lament
Thomas Chatterton Williams, an originator of the Harper’s “Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” on free speech, protests, and liberalism
That’s Entertainment!
At the Bayreuth Festival, Richard Wagner’s Die Meistersinger without tears
Kelly Wearstler’s Guide to Los Angeles
The interior designer shares her favorite spots in her adopted city
Radiohead’s Homecoming
Nearly 40 years after getting their start at an Oxford pub, the 90s sensation is being honored by the university with an exhibition of original artwork, from album covers to posters, to drafts of lyrics
Strangers in the Night
Spin Cycle, a one-act play about two people crossing paths at a laundromat, premieres in New York
Pierre Yovanovitch’s Guide to Provence
The French interior designer shares his favorite spots in the region he calls home
“A Ridiculous Optimist”
In a rare interview, Quentin Blake, the inimitable children’s-book illustrator behind Roald Dahl’s Matilda, explains why he’s still drawing at 92
“Probably the Best Private Art Museum on Earth”
At the newly reopened Glenstone, near Washington, D.C., a small but mighty collection featuring works by Jenny Holzer and Richard Serra is on view, free of crowds
Glimpses of Sara & Co.
Priceless clips on the New York City Ballet Web site
