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Arts & Culture

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Making History

The Dirt on Mud

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Garth Brooks

Garth Brooks donated mementos to the American History museum, including his trademark cowboy hat, a gold record and a handwritten lyric sheet

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Breuer Chair, 1926

Marcel Breuer’s Bauhaus minimalism redefined a household basic

Trumpeter and bandleader Doc Paulin, being interviewed at 1995 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. His wife to the left of photo; interviewer at right.

Jukebox

Jazz Requiem

Tim Conlon completes the king character and starts to fill in the "Con" outline.

Aerosol Art

Largely dismissed as vandalism, graffiti migrates from city streets and subway cars into major galleries

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From the Castle

Barcoding 101

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Amy Chua

The key to the rise of the Romans, the Mongols—and the U.S.? Ethnic diversity, Chua says in a new book

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Gaga Over a Gargoyle

From Margaret Bourke-White to Annie Leibovitz, photographers have scaled dizzying heights to frame the perfect prop

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Letters

Readers Respond to the December Issue

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Bound and Determined

Reflecting on resistance

Strathmore’s production about the first African American opera company will feature the Morgan State University Choir and director Eric Conway.

Lifting their Voices

Paying tribute to America’s first black opera

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Substantial Silhouettes

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Spotlight: Olafur Eliasson

The Trevi Fountain’s waters turn red.

He Strikes Again

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Who Wants to Fight?

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On the Job

A lobsterman in Maine talks about the lure of working on the water

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Winter (Not So) Wonderland

Helen Frankenthaler’s Mountains and Sea, 1952

Lyrical Methodology

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