Nathan C. Stewart on a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw,” at the Spoleto Festival.

In recent days, the music world—classical and popular—has lost Alfred Brendel and Brian Wilson. Jay pays due tribute. He has other selections as well—beginning with a summer song, refreshing on a hot ...

Kyle Smith on "Angry Alan," by Penelope Skinner at Studio Seaview.

Sally Quinn won’t return my emails. Perhaps Quinn, the doyenne of Washington, D.C., and the widow of the Washington Post ...

Robert Steven Mack on historical recreations with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Joyce Theater.

He sought to give an impression of spontaneity in his painting, making him a pioneer of what is now called Impressionism. At ...

Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598, Oil on canvas, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.On view in “Caravaggio 2025,” at Palazzo Barberini, Rome (through July 6).

The Leonard A. Lauder Collection.” Highlights from Cooper’s collection included Georges Braque’s Trees at Estaque (1908), a ...

An excerpt from Heather Mac Donald’s acceptance speech at the 2025 Edmund Burke Award Gala. Read the complete speech.

An excerpt from Heather Mac Donald’s acceptance speech at the 2025 Edmund Burke Award Gala. Read the complete speech.