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.
BooksDavid Hockney鈥檚 world vibrates in living color
鈥楾he city becomes a canvas for storytelling.鈥� How Baltimore is honoring Freddie Gray.
EuropeWhy London鈥檚 hot ticket is a sing-along of school assembly hymns
Nobody鈥檚 muse: Revisiting the art of Leonora Carrington
BooksMario Vargas Llosa 鈥榩ut Peru on the world鈥檚 literary map鈥�
BooksRichard 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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- For Iran, a new ceasefire means big gains. But Trump鈥檚 war goals fall short.By Scott Peterson / 6 min
- How one woman鈥檚 Route 66 story of segregation and hospitality is kept alive todayBy Harry Bruinius / 8 min
- Both Trump and Putin chose to start wars that have proved difficult to stopBy Ned Temko / 4 min
- The universal language of a smileBy Melanie Stetson Freeman / 3 min
