07/03/2024. June Leaf, a painter and sculptor whose exploration of the female form, by turns whimsical, graceful or ominous, paved the way for later generations of feminist artists, died Monday at her home in New York City. She was 94. The cause was gastric c...

07/04/2024. For much of my childhood in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts, I didn’t give a hoot about the Housatonic River. In contrast to the many lakes where my brother and I would swim or skate, attend Scout camps or sprawl out for family pi...

07/04/2024. Brooke Shields has a new office. It’s empty, and she hasn’t figured out how she wants to furnish it, or even how often she’ll be there, but it’s a sign of her new and unexpected status, as president of Actors’ Equity Associat...

07/05/2024. As of October 2023, Paul Smith’s Foundation named Martha Mosse the inaugural Director. Appointed to take the helm on programming, strategy, fundraising, and events to deliver on its global mission and ensure the long-term success of the Foundati...

07/05/2024. On a recent clear day, visitors were wandering through the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to gawk at works by Yayoi Kusama and Alexander Calder, and, a few blocks away, making their way through the galleries at the Contemporary Jewish Museum and ...

07/05/2024. Rob Stone, who as a founder of the music magazine The Fader and the brand-strategy firm Cornerstone Agency bridged the sounds of the streets and the corporate suites, giving early exposure to rappers such as Kanye West and Drake while brokering lucra...

07/06/2024. You might have heard: Taylor Swift cannot be stopped. Her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” sold 2.6 million copies in its opening week in April, earning Swift her eighth Billboard No. 1 album since 2020. At the Grammy Aw...

07/07/2024. George Chakiris’ initial turn in the spotlight lasted only a few seconds, if you could even find the 15-year-old. He made his big-screen debut in 1947, credited only as “Choir Boy” in Song of Love, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production s...

07/07/2024. Historians try to be precise, so it is awkward to admit that I can’t recall exactly when I first noticed the existence of an opera by Carolina Uccelli. At some point, maybe about six years ago, the name jumped out at me from a list. I do recall ...

07/07/2024. Michael Tracy, a flamboyant artist inspired by religion, violence and sensuality who dedicated much of his life to preserving neglected 19th-century architecture on the Texas-Mexico border, died June 15 at his studio compound in San Ygnacio, Texas. H...

07/07/2024. “Are you Laufey?” A fan approached the table at a cafe in the East Village, hoping for a picture with Laufey, the musician beloved among Gen Z listeners for her nostalgic combination of pop and jazz. The woman dining there had the sin...

07/07/2024. Stanley Moss, a lyrical American poet who for seven decades evoked a troubled world of sorrows and sensual pleasures ruled by a silent God seemingly indifferent to the fate of humanity, died Friday in New City, New York, in Rockland County. He was 99...

07/08/2024. Heritage will present the first-ever auction that lets you step into Emmy Award-winning actor Joe Pantoliano’s shoes — boots, actually, the same pair he had custom-made before his Cypher slipped into The Matrix and sold out Morpheus for a b...

07/08/2024. This summer, Tate Britain will stage Art Now: Steph Huang: See, See, Sea, a new exhibition by London-based Taiwanese artist Steph Huang. Exploring the cultural and environmental impact of cycles of production and commerce, Huang will use sculpture, s...