How Long Will Bill Belichick Last at North Carolina?
admin The celebrated coach’s football program is under investigation. It’s hard to know what is substance—and what is noise.
Culture
In Praise of Adult Silliness
A new play reminds us of an ingredient that’s all too rare in grown-up life.
Willem de Kooning Ripped Up the Rules of Drawing
He was the best draftsman of his generation of postwar American artists. He had to unlearn everything he knew.
A Shouting Match and an Ultimatum at the Kennedy Center
President Trump<strong> </strong>berated a congresswoman during a board meeting, then posted that he would abandon the Kennedy Center if his…
Trump’s Warning Signs Are Coming to the Smithsonian
In a letter, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said that visitors “should know” about a museum director’s ideological bias.
What Trump’s Bizarre Posts Are Teaching Us About AI
The president’s recent Truth Social barrage of fake images reflects the dangers—for all of us—of virtual self-aggrandizement.<strong> </strong>
A Night for Actor’s Actors, Not Movie Stars
This year’s Emmys ceremony celebrated versatile performers, not glitzy celebrities.
The Girls Get to Sit Down
Jean Smart’s history-making Emmys win was a recognition of women who refuse to placate.
Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?
The president wants the Smithsonian to add a colossal George Washington statue—and remove another work of abstract art in D.C.
George Lucas’s Last Great Epic Is an Art Museum
Inside the <em>Star Wars </em>creator’s temple to storytelling