EditorialTorch bearers Dinigeer Yilamujiang, left, and Jiawen Zhao of China, light the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Olympics in Beijing on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialA Scene from "The Beggar's Opera" VI 1731 This is among the first paintings ever made of an English stage performance. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay?s The Beggar?s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln?s Inn Theatre in 1728. Oil on ...
EditorialPierre Puvis de Chavannes: Dramatic Poetry (Aeschylus), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1896, Oil on canvas, This painting is a scaled-down version of an enormous canvas?over 14 x 7 feet?that French artist Puvis de Chavannes painted for the Boston Public...
EditorialPresident Donald Trump makes an announcement at a coronavirus briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 15, 2020. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialPierre Puvis de Chavannes: Dramatic Poetry (Aeschylus), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1896, Oil on canvas, This painting is a scaled-down version of an enormous canvas?over 14 x 7 feet?that French artist Puvis de Chavannes painted for the Boston Public...
EditorialA Scene from "The Beggar's Opera" VI 1731 This is among the first paintings ever made of an English stage performance. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay?s The Beggar?s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln?s Inn Theatre in 1728. Oil on ...
EditorialBhima Slays Jarasandha: Page from a Bhagavata Purana Manuscript, ca. 1540, Northern India, Delhi or Agra region, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (17.1 x 23 cm), Paintings, This painting is from a series illustrating climactic mom...
EditorialIchikawa Danjuro V in the Role of Fuwa Banzaemon in the Scene 'Rivalry in Love' from the Play Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma, Edo period (1615?1868), 1774, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (1...
EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the Role of Shimada Juzaburo, from the series 'Image of Actors on Stage', Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.9 x 24.1 cm), Prints, ...
EditorialA Scene from "The Beggar's Opera" VI 1731 This is among the first paintings ever made of an English stage performance. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay?s The Beggar?s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln?s Inn Theatre in 1728. Oil on ...