Christina Quarles
The L.A.-based artist’s dreamy, colorful work breaks down complex subjects of gender, race, and identity
Classical Music’s Underdog
The 24-year-old violinist Randall Goosby has shot to fame on an instrument he named “LeBron”
Espresso à Go-Go!
Our retrofitted Piaggio Apé brings AIR MAIL and java to you
Opera Pick of the Week
The Opéra de Paris comes back to life with The Satin Slipper, Marc-André Dalbavie’s epic of thwarted desire
Every Trick in the Book
The magician, professional gambler, and sometime fraudster Steve Forte is spilling his secrets
Pippa Latour de Force
She tricked Nazis into spilling their secrets by posing as a chatty teenage soap saleswoman and just celebrated her 100th birthday
Opera Pick of the Week
From Houston Grand Opera, a green-screen Hansel and Gretel with TikTok flair
La Scala’s Shining Star
Remembering the Italian ballerina Carla Fracci, Milan’s star dancer who died last month aged 84
Opera Pick of the Week
From Toronto’s Opera Atelier, a Niagara of Baroque images for Handel’s The Resurrection
Opera Pick of the Week
A new production of Aribert Reimann’s Lear premieres at the Bavarian State Opera
Opera Pick of the Week
Bulgaria’s native son Orlin Anastasov shines in the Sofia Opera’s outdoor Attila
Deeper Than the Deep Blue Sea
An exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac’s Mediterranean villa focuses on the colors, movement, and creatures of the sea
Annie Clark’s 70s Show
St. Vincent’s latest album, the 70s-themed Daddy’s Home, is releasing in a wave of bad P.R. It’s so good you’ll listen anyway
Tyler Mahan Coe
The man behind the podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones brought country music and its history to a new generation. Three years later, he’s back
Prodigious Young Women
From Kate Middleton to Samantha Cameron to Oscar winner Emerald Fennell, what is it about Marlborough College, the leafy British boarding school?
Opera Pick of the Week
Anthony Davis commemorates the massacre that rocked Tulsa 100 years ago with Fire Across the Tracks, part of the Tulsa Opera’s pandemic recital program Greenwood Overcomes
Diva’s Welcome Back
An interview with French composer Marc-André Dalbavie, whose Le Soulier de Satin, based on the play by Paul Claudel, marks the Paris Opera’s reopening
Shamier Anderson
The actor toughed it out in L.A. until he got his big break. Now he’s giving back with a nonprofit that encourages aspiring actors in Toronto’s inner city
Opera Pick of the Week
A digital reboot of the Houston Grand Opera’s Marian’s Song features a libretto by the city’s first Black poet laureate
Opera Pick of the Week
The Los Angeles Opera mounts a rare revival of Joseph Bologne’s L’Amant Anonyme with a cast from its young-artists program
Bourgeois Fever
A long career. A merciless eye. Implacable life force. In museums and galleries, Louise Bourgeois is the queen to Picasso’s king
Where Art and Architecture Meet
An interview with the Italian designer Vincenzo de Cotiis, whose savagely sleek work fuses art and architecture with interior design
