Along with the September 2019 opening of its aluminum-clad headquarters at 540 West 25 Street came the monumental announcement that Arne Glimcher, who founded Pace Gallery exactly 60 years ago, was finally passing the torch to his second son, Marc. READ ON

The graphic designer George Him was that mythical beast critics are always hunting for: someone who made avant-garde art for a mass audience. Born Jerzy Himmelfarb in Poland at the turn of the last century, he left safely before the Nazi invasion, relocated to Britain, and became—with the help of his newly Anglicized name and his old graphic-design partner, Jan Le Witt—one of the essential modern commercial artists. READ ON

If you are an opera-lover or a culture enthusiast, get yourself to London in early March for Beethoven’s Fidelio, to be sung by Lise Davidsen and Jonas Kaufmann at the Royal Opera House. While Kaufmann is undoubtedly the world’s most sought-after operatic tenor, the primary draw is Davidsen. This newly minted Norwegian soprano possesses what many are calling the most important voice to have emerged in decades, and it could possibly prove to be the most important voice of the century. What makes it so momentous? READ ON