admin Sublime Fury at the Ojai Festival
Alex Ross reviews an event that included powerful performances of music by Olivier Messiaen, György Ligeti, John Adams, and others.
Ryan McGinley Tries to Photograph What It Means to Be Alive
In “Night Shift,” McGinley’s first New York show in eight years, the photographer brings his travelling bacchanal home to the…
American Idols
Who’s your favorite American? We asked a range of luminaries, and the answers included scientists, playwrights, pop stars, bureaucrats—and one…
Misophonia Fireworks
Kyle Bravo illustrates a humorous take on fireworks, now with even shorter fuses!
The Met’s “Costume Art” Makes a Case for Fashion
From its new galleries off the museum’s Great Hall, the Costume Institute seeks to put clothing at the center of…
How to Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday
Also: Rachel Syme on the return of Day-Glo.
Donald Trump Celebrates America’s Two-Hundred-and-Fiftieth Birthday
At the Great American State Fair, in Washington, D.C., and at the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Library, in North…
The Intimate Legacies of a White-Supremacist Coup
Lauren Collins on a white-supremacist coup and a violent riot targeting the Black community of Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.
The Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump’s Financial Disclosure
David D. Kirkpatrick writes that the President cashed in on his office to the tune of billions of dollars in…
Why The Last Battle of the American Revolution Was Fought In India
The conflicts elsewhere in the world have receded from our imagination, but the American rebellion was a sideshow to a…