Sondheim!
A summer festival showcases the wit and artistry of the musical-theater master, drawing “nuts” from all over
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Gaudí’s Gift
In Barcelona, a yearlong celebration spotlights architecture’s playful genius the audacious and eccentric Antoni Gaudí
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Against All Odds
A new play and photo exhibition call attention to Ida B. Wells and her brave fight to end lynching in America
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Stieglitz in Focus
A new exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art tracks the development of seminal photographer Alfred Stieglitz
Yo-Yo Ma’s Other Passion
In celebrating the cultures of the ancient Silk Road, renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has found a second calling
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Rich in Talent
Ed Rich gave magazines a whirl. And then some
Matter of the Heart
Graham Greene’s letters to his paramour, Catherine Walston, trace the hazy line between life and fiction
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Artemisia’s Moment
After being eclipsed for centuries by her father, Orazio, Artemisia Gentileschi, the boldest female painter of her time, gets her due
Kung Fu U.
At schools near Shaolin, the famous Buddhist temple, students from all over china vie to be the next Jet Li or Jackie Chan
Goya and His Women
An exhibition at Washington’s National Gallery of Art takes a fresh look at one of Spain’s most celebrated artists and the women he painted
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Multiple Viewpoints
Photographer Edward Burtynsky’s politically charged industrial landscapes are carefully crafted to elicit different interpretations
Shades of Merriment
Robert Capa, famous for his battle photographs, made friends along the way
Sweet Taste of Spring
The season’s first sap makes the finest maple syrup but not without some backbreaking labors of love
Table Talk
A magazine should have the zest of a good dinner party
Flights of Fancy
Orlando Martinez, who lives and breathes the age-old sport of pigeon racing, goes for the Main Event
![Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cavendish, Vermont 1981
What did the Russian author like about the United States? "[He] told me the air was free in America," Benson recalls.](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/8QguDuHDtzRwQOssEBSkmk83hlg=/450x300/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/charmer_solzhenitsyn.jpg)
Cheeky Charmer
For half a century, photographer Harry Benson has been talking his way to the top of his game
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