“Orphism in Paris, 1910-1930” struggles to convincingly support the thesis that it was a cohesive movement but does serve as a poignant reminder that art once sought to engage more deeply with the ...

Does the name Nadia Khodossievitch-Léger ring a bell? She has a Wikipedia page, but her second husband, the French artist Fernand Léger, has a much longer one. Wikipedia may not be a reliable ...

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A powerful new book by the law professor Michelle Adams recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools and the case’s relevance today. By Jeffrey Toobin A beloved illustrator died ...

By Sarah Lyall In Nnedi Okorafor’s new novel, “Death of the Author,” a once-struggling writer grapples with power, privilege, agency and art after her book becomes a life-changing hit.

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Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha found refuge from their hardscrabble upbringings in each other — and ice skating. They became childhood sweethearts and Olympic ice dancers, but an unexpected twist ...

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

As neoclassicism came back into vogue in the 1920s — the so-called “return to order” — Lempicka blended the distilled, tubular forms of artists like Fernand ... covers of books by Ayn ...