Arts
In the 18th century, Bernard Mandeville discovered an inconvenient fact: Human vices drive much of social welfare
The Year in Gallery Closures: A Collapse or a Transition to a Smarter Market?
Christmas Through the Eyes of Photographer Lee Friedlander
When Denis Johnson started to make money, he bought a sports car, painted it orange, and had “MANIAC DRIFTER” inscribed on its side
The poorly understood science of sensation. Music can make chocolate taste bitter; rice pudding can make you cry
Restorative justice presupposes that hurtful speech is inappropriate — and so it shuts down debate on sensitive topics
Murder on the Christmas Express, Murder Most Festive — what it is about the holiday season that makes readers want blood and gore?
In the 18th century, Bernard Mandeville discovered an inconvenient fact: Human vices drive much of societal welfare
Alison Gopnik: “Generative” AI is a summarizing machine, not a genuinely intelligent agent like, say, a kitten
Classical statues are beautiful, but painting them has gone horribly wrong. One theory as to why: Reconstructors are trolling us
In Repatriation Ceremony in New York, 43 Antiquities Are Returned to Turkey
China Launches Probe Into Alleged Art-Theft Scheme at Nanjing Museum Involving a Former Director
Paris’s Galerie 1900-2000 Has Closed Its New York Branch: ‘Business Was Quite Slow’
Jessica Silverman Adds Rebecca Manson, Rubin Acquisitions, and More: Industry Moves for December 23, 2025
Rome Introduces Entry Fee to See Famous Trevi Fountain