MoMA to Close, Then Open Doors to More Expansive View of Art
Don’t plan to visit MoMA this summer. It’s closing for renovations that will put a new focus on work by women and artists of color. The results will shake up every gallery.
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Nonfiction: The Utopian Quest to Link the United States and Latin America
Eric Rutkow’s “The Longest Line on the Map” recounts the repeated efforts to build a Pan-American highway.
Alabama Shakespeare Festival Aims to Update Southern Canon
The company will commission 22 plays, with more than half set to go to female playwrights and playwrights of color, its artistic director said.
Profile: Liane Moriarty’s Hollywood Angst: It’s Complicated
The author of “Big Little Lies” has a new novel set in a wellness retreat with a group of strangers seeking escape and transformation.
Books News: Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We Read?
Dutton, a Penguin Random House imprint, has just released its first batch of mini books, with a box set of novels by the best-selling author John Green.
Nonfiction: The American Past: A History of Contradictions
Jill Lepore’s “These Truths” shows both the successes and failures that have made the country what it is today.
Will Art Become a Casualty of U.S.-China Trade War?
The Trump administration’s proposed 25 percent import duty on artworks that originated in China has alarmed museums, collectors and dealers.
Gender Letter: Rebel Women Are Coming to a Public Monument Near You
For years, men have made up the vast majority of public monuments in this country. A series of campaigns are now pressing for women to get their (monumental) due.
Anne Frank’s Family Was Thwarted by U.S. Immigration Rules, Research Shows
“Bureaucracy, war and time” stymied the Frank family’s attempts to immigrate in the years leading up to World War II, a report says.
