Now everything must change. That kind of knowledge production has, in effect, been automated. As a result, the “scientistic” ...

In today’s newsletter, the ritualistic sights and scenes at Pope Francis’s funeral. Plus: I watched the funeral for Pope ...

Jeff Bark’s elaborately composed scenes channel sundered American fantasies. They also function as personal folklore.

As the transatlantic alliance falters, a major exhibition of U.S. photography offers Europeans a dizzying array of ...

In Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film, Ia Sukhitashvili plays a Georgian obstetrician who views a woman’s right to choose as an ...

From the daily newsletter: what happens when we can optimize pregnancy. Plus: Susan B. Glasser on Trump’s confused desires.

It makes sense that a man who yearns for a reality untroubled by other humans would be drawn to art that is untouched by anything human.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

This documentary examines the economic changes and managerial missteps that brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy in ...

Hearing aids and cochlear implants have been getting better for years, but a new type of device—eyeglasses that display ...

Also: reviews of Broadway’s “Smash” and “John Proctor Is the Villain”; New York’s financial crisis of 1975 in “Drop Dead City ...

The university’s $53.2-billion endowment has positioned it to resist the bullying tactics of an increasingly authoritarian ...