Domenico Tiepolo’s Punchinellos at work, from his late series on the commedia dell’arte figure.

Dafoe’s Biennale program looks at theater’s origins. Read More

Yellow relief by Ellsworth Kelly

Manifesto for an artistic movement. Read More

Christ's Descent into Hell by Hieronymus Bosch. Fig. 6. Detail of Sisyphus in 26.244. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 613

An examination of artistic commitment, doubt, and the dangers of moral absolutism. Read More

Love and Anarchy (Lina Wertmüller, 1973)

Why Lina Wertmüller’s Love and Anarchy deserves a central place in film history. Read More

A recovered 1973 one-act returns through a downtown reading and a cross-disciplinary cast. Read More

Johann Poerschman, Oboe d’Amore in A, ca. 1725. Wood and brass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From the oboe’s tuning A to Auto Tune, an argument for the expressive power of imperfection. Read More

A gown by Charles James. Photographed by Cecil Beaton.

From silk and rationing to code and looms, textiles as a record of power, labor, and desire. Read More