Art
Michael Bloomberg Gives $75 Million To New Manhattan Arts Center
The Shed will feature a range of performance and gallery spaces, as well as a “lab” for emerging artists.
Jewish Writers Star At New American Writers Museum
“Jewish writing is a literature of immigration — Ab Cahan and Henry Roth had to be there.”
At 96, Judith Leiber Is Still The Queen Of All Handbags
96-year-old Judith Leiber tells of surviving World War II in Hungary and becoming a design icon in America.
Even In World’s Smallest Jerusalem, Israelis Can’t Parallel Park
Times Square’s newest attraction, Gulliver’s Gate, features a tiny Loch Ness Monster in Scotland and a miniature Jerusalem.
Monsters, Monsters And More Monsters In a Thrilling Graphic Tale
Prostitution, Weimar Germany, the Holocaust, Vietnam, gender dysphoria and monsters all play a role in Emil Ferris’s thrilling graphic novel debut.
More Than 120 Years Later, ‘Dreyfus Affair’ Still Resonates
‘The Dreyfus Affair’ is getting the dramatic treatment in a new multimedia production at BAM.
Jane Jacobs’s Epic Battle With Robert Moses Takes To Times Square Billboards
Here’s how a city pays homage to the characters who defined it.
How Philippe Halsman Reinvented The Portrait
Halsman, born in Riga was able to procure an American visa due to the intervention of one Albert Einstein, a family friend
In The AIDS Pandemic, William Hoffman Saw Parallels To The Holocaust
Playwright William Hoffman, one of the first writers to confront the AIDS pandemic in “As Is,” has died at 78.
Mordecai Richler’s Cartoonagrapher Looks Back On a 50 Year Career
Cartoonish Aislin drew Mordecai Richler more than 40 times. He looks back on their friendship and what Canada lost after Richler’s death in 2001.
