From the audience—onstage and out in the seats—there was considerable appreciation, and Kissin sat down for his first encore: ...

Suzanna Murawski on Pascal, German art & Magna Carta.

Nathan C. Stewart on a recent performance by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

On Roman legends, the Savonnerie carpets, Grand Central Atelier, Dance Theatre of Harlem & more from the world of culture.

Once in a while, an artist who was successful in his time but forgotten soon after is “rediscovered” in a later era.

Mark Twain, in almost every image of him, sports a voluminous head of hair, thick eyebrows whose strands extend over an inch, and an unmissable mustache framing his stern-looking mouth. Writing for ...

M. P. Kennedy on a performance by the early-music ensemble Kontrapunktus.

James Piereson Executive Director and Trustee, John M. Olin Foundation, 1985–2005; the foundation made its last grant and ...