In “The Uncanny Muse,” David Hajdu offers a lively survey of centuries of machines that served as instruments of cultural change.

Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch,” another novel about another Dutch painting from the same period, hanging in the same museum, the Maurithuis in The Hague, won ...

When Russia escalated attacks on Ukraine, a trio of artists found creative expression in documenting war — with help from an ...

Feldman's has metamorphosed from a used bookstore into an extension of the community, hosting intimate events with local artists, students and Stanford faculty.

A new collaborative exhibition showcases 60 breathtaking pieces that were evacuated from the Odesa Museum of Western and ...

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art devotes an exhibition to the contemporary American painter, best known for her ...

Gift from longtime donors Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus makes the collection among the most significant in the United States.

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

It’s clear that this exhibition was put together by a bunch of absolute nerds — and that’s a compliment of the highest order.

A new biography of Charles W. Chesnutt, by Tess Chakkalakal, explains the friendships and tensions he had with his white ...

Beware the rise of ‘Marxist nationalism’. As Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd explains in his new study, On Xi Jinping, China has imperial dreams ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle criticised by their fellow Montecitan for increased house prices, outsiders coming into the ...