The works shown in New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala typically, and perhaps unsurprisingly, elevate style (of ...

Suzanna Murawski on Rousseau, Rothko & American literature.

Paul du Quenoy on a new production of “Simon Boccanegra” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Chapter thirteen of Gustave Flaubert’s North African fever-dream novel Salammbô is titled “Moloch.” The book, a strange reverie about a priestess of ancient Carthage, isn’t the type of exoticism we ...

In a museum, you can reliably expect to see religious artworks—perhaps scenes from Christ’s life, intricate books of hours, or enchanting sculptures of Hindu gods. But stripped from their devotional ...