Nathan C. Stewart on a performance of Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw,” at the Spoleto Festival.

In recent days, the music world—classical and popular—has lost Alfred Brendel and Brian Wilson. Jay pays due tribute. He has other selections as well—beginning with a summer song, refreshing on a hot ...

Kyle Smith on "Angry Alan," by Penelope Skinner at Studio Seaview.

Robert Steven Mack on historical recreations with the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Joyce Theater.

He sought to give an impression of spontaneity in his painting, making him a pioneer of what is now called Impressionism. At ...

The Leonard A. Lauder Collection.” Highlights from Cooper’s collection included Georges Braque’s Trees at Estaque (1908), a ...

The Tin Angel is a new opera by Daniel Asia, the American composer born in 1953. It is based on a novel of the same name by ...

Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598, Oil on canvas, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid.On view in “Caravaggio 2025,” at Palazzo Barberini, Rome (through July 6).

Jay Nordlinger on songs about flowers, etc.

An excerpt from Heather Mac Donald’s acceptance speech at the 2025 Edmund Burke Award Gala. Read the complete speech.