Category Culture

The Empty Core of Elon Musk’s Productivity Dogma

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Saturday afternoon, Elon Musk posted a message on X stating that “all federal employees will soon be receiving an email asking them to tell us what they did last week.”…

“You’re Fired!” by Barry Blitt

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On the March 3, 2025 cover, Barry Blitt depicted Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison being thrown out of office—a dramatic depiction of the disarray and mass layoffs of federal…

Digging Deep with Jilaine Jones

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The guys over at 15 Orient have been hitting a lot of home runs lately. Pardon the sports idiom: if you think of the art world as a competitive marketplace devoted…

The Art of Film Criticism

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Somebody asked me, ‘When you write a pan of a movie, are you recommending that I not see it?’ ” the film critic Richard Brody recalled. “I said, ‘No, I’m recommending…

Make the Kennedy Center Honors Great Again

It’s not just the arts venue’s seasonal programming that wants revamping. Credit: RozenskyP/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… All sensible and right-minded people can agree that the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is in need of…

The Triumph Of Nashville

Music City charts a middle way that is palatable to broad swathes of normal Americans. Credit: Photo Spirit/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… To the shock of many, country is the most popular music genre in America…

The Art of the New Yorker Cover

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Since 1925, each issue of The New Yorker has been published with its own singular work of art, presented without the headlines or photography typical of magazine covers. What gives the…

The Art of the Crossword

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story How do you build a crossword? In this hour-long seminar, the puzzle constructors Natan Last and Robyn Weintraub provide a hands-on guide, detailing how to curate word lists, use software to…

Curtains for Ben Folds?

The National Symphony Orchestra’s artistic advisor embodies everything mediocre about the Kennedy Center. Credit: EQRode/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… When I saw President Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that he is cleaning house at the Kennedy…