Arts & Culture
Arts
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- English painter John Constable captured the rhythms of rural lifeBy Heller McAlpin / 4 min
- Difference MakerThis Nigerian educator gave a river a voice. The next generation is listening.By Ogar Monday / 4 min
- AI can write songs, plays, and novels. What does that mean for human creativity?By Laurent Belsie, Melanie Stetson Freeman / 8 min
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In Oscar-nominated 鈥極ne Battle After Another,鈥� a message for a troubled America?
From the Magazine鈥楾his thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.鈥� How two murderers found grace performing Shakespeare.
How a hippo and an octopus brought joy to this Boston neighborhood
Should art be 鈥榩atriotic鈥�? Artist pulls her Smithsonian show, citing censorship.
David Hockney鈥檚 world vibrates in living color
鈥楾he city becomes a canvas for storytelling.鈥� How Baltimore is honoring Freddie Gray.
Why London鈥檚 hot ticket is a sing-along of school assembly hymns
Nobody鈥檚 muse: Revisiting the art of Leonora Carrington
Mario Vargas Llosa 鈥榩ut Peru on the world鈥檚 literary map鈥�
Richard Blanco turned from civil engineer to poet. Now he builds with words.
Monhegan Island is a portrait of resilience. Artists have captured it for 2 centuries.
Idina Menzel鈥檚 new Broadway show has a towering co-star: Stella the tree
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- In remote northern Philippines, a local solution to the global energy shockBy Mark Saludes / 4 min
- Thomas Massie is a Trump nemesis on the right. Now, he could lose his seat in Congress.By Sophie Hills / 8 min
- From the MagazineEven Norway is facing an energy crunch. It is hunting for solutions.By Mark Sappenfield / 12 min
- From Haiti to the Arctic, May鈥檚 best reads transportBy Monitor reviewers / 6 min
