02/08/2020. The contrast between the 17th-century old master and 21st-century disrupter couldn’t have been more extreme. To the left, Rembrandt’s broodingly introspective “Self-Portrait With a Red Beret.” To the right, behind a protective ...

09/28/2020. Abstract painter Virginia Jaramillo has gotten very good at lines — physically, drawing them to great effect, but also metaphorically crossing them, as a woman of Mexican heritage in the art world. At age 81, she has spent the last 60 years or s...

09/27/2020. Is there anything present that is 100 percent safe? No, there is not. In this fast-moving world, you will see news every day about cyber bullying, and fraudulent activities on the web. The risk from these harmful threats is growing like wildfire. For...

09/24/2021. Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies, died on Tuesday at his home in New York. He was 89. His death was announced by his son Mario Van Peebles, the actor...

11/02/2021. The survival of the Grand Ole Opry was anything but guaranteed when Bill Anderson started performing in it six decades ago. Rock ’n’ roll was luring away fans. Radio stations were abandoning barn dance-style programs. There were nights, he ...

12/18/2021. Last month, an audience of about 100 sat around the thrust stage of the Westcoast Black Theater Troupe’s 205-seat theater. It wasn’t a bad turnout for a weekday, especially since many of this city’s culture-loving snowbirds had yet to ...

12/22/2021. Despite all the challenges faced by the business world in general and the classic car auction world in particular H&H Classics have emerged from the second Pandemic lockdown year in a very good ...

01/19/2022. Art marketing is an essential part of being an artist. From creating a killer website to social media best practices, you have to put a lot of effort into showing people what you can do and why you deserve payback. Contrary to most inexperienced ...

02/05/2024. The people streaming into the holy town came on an intimate quest: to be among the first to seek the blessings of a beloved god they said was returning home after 500 years. These Hindu devotees took leaves of absence from work. They ate with fell...

02/23/2024. Is Broadway facing a bonanza or a bloodbath? The next two months are jam-packed with new productions — 18 are scheduled to open in March and April — while the industry is still struggling to adapt to the new, and more challenging, realit...

04/20/2024. Have you ever wondered how to ace an inductive reasoning test? Whether you're gearing up for a job interview, preparing for an academic assessment, or tackling a spe...

05/12/2024. On a recent Sunday, Lauren Groff got out of bed at 3 in the morning, jolted by a mix of anxiety and adrenaline. It was opening day for the Lynx, Groff’s new bookstore in Gainesville, Florida, and her mind raced with all that could go wrong. S...

05/13/2024. Roger Corman, who for decades dominated the world of B movies as the producer or director of countless proudly low-budget horror, science fiction and crime films, has died. He was 98. He died Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, California, his f...

05/23/2024. At the southwest corner of Ishikawa, a verdant prefecture hugging the Sea of Japan, traditional craftsmanship thrives alongside contemporary art and architecture in the small towns that make up Kaga City. Three of these towns — Katayamazu Ons...

05/30/2024. One overcast Sunday morning, Benjamin Talley Smith, an apple-cheeked 45-year-old with a thing for a Canadian tuxedo, was at the Rose Bowl flea market in Los Angeles shopping for jeans. He was wearing jeans — a beat-up pair of Levi’s and ...