Arts and Entertainment

A view of the mists at Top Withins, on the North Yorkshire moors near Haworth, the setting for Emily Bronte's “Wuthering Heights,” 1940.

The Trouble With Adapting “Wuthering Heights” The Trouble With Adapting “Wuthering Heights”

Why adaptations of Emily Brontë’s novel, across generations, have misunderstood the work and its world.

Mar 24, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Victoria Baena

Ruth Asawa, 1973.

Communing With Ruth Asawa Communing With Ruth Asawa

A retrospective of the California artist’s work emphasizes her sense that art should not be frozen in time in a gallery but belongs in the world, at home and in public.

Mar 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

Éliane Radigue at the New York Cultural Center, New York, 1971.

The Intermediate States of Éliane Radigue The Intermediate States of Éliane Radigue

On the life and work of the pathbreaking French composer.

Mar 19, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Nate Wooley

From the set of

The Great Table Tennis Renaissance The Great Table Tennis Renaissance

Josh Safdie’s latest movie Marty Supreme spurred a renewed national interest in ping-pong. I played my way through New York City to try to find out more.

Mar 14, 2026 / Joshua Levkowitz

Who Will Win Big at the Oscars?

Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? Who Will Win Big at the Oscars?

It’s that time of year again. 

Mar 13, 2026 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

The Fictitious Capital of HBO’s Industry

The Fictitious Capital of HBO’s Industry The Fictitious Capital of HBO’s "Industry"

In the show’s fourth season, everyone has a story to sell and very few are true.

Mar 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

One Year Performance 1978–1979

Tehching Hsieh—an “Artist Without Art” Tehching Hsieh—an “Artist Without Art”

In his performances, he questioned whether or not an artwork needed to supply a specific meaning in order to generate a feeling.

Mar 11, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer

How Jane Fonda Is Rethinking the Hollywood Resistance

How Jane Fonda Is Rethinking the Hollywood Resistance How Jane Fonda Is Rethinking the Hollywood Resistance

The actress’s revived Committee for the First Amendment is taking aim at industry mergers as well as threats to the freedom of expression.

Mar 11, 2026 / Ben Schwartz

Women wait to undergo a medical check in Paris in October 1944.

The Greatest Love Is Grieving The Greatest Love Is Grieving

I spent years as a labor organizer. Marguerite Duras’s war novel taught me that the strongest fighters are always the women hurting the most.

Mar 7, 2026 / Haley Mlotek

Robert A.M. Stern gives a construction tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Center.

The Neoliberalism of Robert A.M. Stern The Neoliberalism of Robert A.M. Stern

The passing of postmodern architecture’s last living holdout marks the end of an era—and reminds us that we’re in a new, worse one.

Mar 6, 2026 / Kate Wagner

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