Arts

LONDON — A monumental mural of a notorious child murderer painted with children’s hand prints. A tent embroidered with the names of all the lovers the artist had slept with. A 14-foot-long...

In the 1980s, newly arrived in Manhattan, in exile from her native Chile, the artist Cecilia Vicuña found beauty in the crumbling buildings and waterfront, the broken sidewalks and vacant lots of...

Kevin Locke, who brought traditional Native American culture to audiences all over the world through flute songs, hoop dances and stories, helping to preserve both the art forms and the Lakota language,...

LONDON ­– When the Pompidou Center in Paris was putting together a special display called “Elles,” of works by women in its permanent collection in 2009, Camille Morineau, the contemporary-collections curator who...

When the New York Philharmonic opened its new home at Lincoln Center in 1962, it held a white-tie gala, broadcast live on national television, with tickets having sold for up to $250...

Stephanie Dabney, a principal dancer with the Dance Theater of Harlem who became an international star and a role model for aspiring Black ballerinas, died on Sept. 28 at a nursing home...

Public art commissions are tricky. The creator has to make something that’s accessible but enduring, relevant to the site but also able to stand on its own. Still, Jacolby Satterwhite and Nina...

TOKYO — Not to worry: A giant pumpkin sculpture by the artist Yayoi Kusama has been reinstalled on the Japanese island where it was thrashed by a typhoon last year.Technically, this particular...

As the possibly pandemic-fueled horror boom coincides this month with the strong tidal pull of Halloween, television is experiencing a 100-year flood of fright-night programming. Witness this week’s pileup of vampire shows:...

On Friday, that accuser, Andy Holtzman, 68, took the stand. He said that in 1981, Mr. Spacey groped his genitals and rubbed his groin on Mr. Holtzman, who was at the time...