What museums can learn from contemporary technology
The National Gallery of Art has quietly but steadily undergone a major culture shift
Books & Arts
What makes Berthe Morisot’s nudes so unique?
She provides a new lens to look at Impressionism
How Madonna turned pop culture Catholic
On the fortieth anniversary of her debut album, Madonna remains a good Catholic girl at heart
Bringing back Stephen Sondheim and enduring a new Andrew Lloyd Webber
Bad Cinderella is a pumpkin, while Parade becomes an exercise in emotional torture porn
Where will the vogue for censoring our best-loved authors lead?
It seems that the ‘revised’ titles are likely to become the norm
Tom Hanks should stick to acting
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece is as clumsy as its plodding title
Inside the world of multilevel marketing
Pyramid schemes work because we all have points of vulnerability
How refugees saved a town in upstate New York
But will the restoration of Utica survive?
The king and queen who saved the British monarchy
A well-researched new biography of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
The dauntless spirit of Richard Halliburton
The writer’s forgotten imagination and commitment to exploration merit revival