My wrongness was clear from the opening notes—those of Schumann’s “Abends am Strand.” Kissin was very songful. He sculpted ...

Many of the pieces on display in “A Taste for the Renaissance” are very small—bringing a magnifying glass is a good idea. One ...

In 2000, John Adams composed El Niño, which is a telling, or a “reimagining,” of the Nativity. It is an opera-oratorio. And ...

Wayne Thiebaud, Untitled (Six Soda Pop Bottles), ca. 1985, Watercolor on paper, Acquavella Gallery, New York. On view in “Wayne Thiebaud: Summer Days.” Edmund Burke Award Gala honoring Ronald S.

In this episode, Jay begins with a shout—“Carolina Shout,” the classic jazz number by James P. Johnson. There are songs by ...

Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807) was one of the most admired, desired, and envied European artists of her day. She now holds a more subtle role in the history of art. Compared to female artists such as ...

During the high dudgeon of the Black Lives Matter movement, New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts joined the chorus of handwringers with a particular twist. “In our 60+ year history, we ...

The long shadow cast by the poetry of the Great War is a critic’s staple. Less obviously apparent, perhaps, are some of its implications—both for the literature of the immediate post-war era and, ...