This week in Newly Reviewed, Andrew Russeth covers Léon Spilliaert’s brooding pieces, Betty Parsons’s restless forms, Adriana Ramic’s beetles and Ho Tam’s barbers. Chelsea Léon Spilliaert...
The archives of The New Yorker, housed at the New York Public Library, consist of more than 2,500 boxes of manuscripts, letters, page proofs, cartoons, art,...
Oprah Winfrey’s eyeglasses glinted in the stage lights at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Whoopi Goldberg scuttled up beside her, hands in the pockets of...
By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie It’s been years since Adichie, the author of “Americanah,” released a work of fiction; now she returns with the stories of four...
‘Delia’ (2000) When his career as Poindexter was running its course, Johansen reclaimed his own name on two albums of prewar American folk music. “Delia,” which...
David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls, died yesterday...
On Tuesday evening, Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly were sitting at a sidewalk table outside Jean’s, a chic night spot in the NoHo neighborhood of Manhattan....
If anyone knows a great ski jacket, it’s Bode Miller. The professional skier has tested countless ski brands over an 18-year career spanning five Winter Olympics,...
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, a performing arts institution, has announced that its president, Gina Duncan, will step down when her contract expires in June after...
We’re all influenced by how we see the world. Sometimes that view is clear and sometimes it’s a bit fuzzy. Adjusting our “lens” can help us...
