Arts & Life

Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler are brothers in conflict in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected).

Arts

A Major Work Of Friction: 'The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)'

5:00pm October 12, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

While not as tightly structured as his previous work, writer-director Noah Baumbach's latest dissection of men whose egos outstrip their talent is just as closely observed as ever.

A Very Particular Set Of Kills: In The Foreigner, Jackie Chan is Quan, a father seeking vengeance for the murder of his daughter.

Arts

'The Foreigner' Is Cold As Ice

5:00pm October 12, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Director Martin Campbell's first film since Green Lantern stars Jackie Chan, but the joyless proceedings drain the actor of his trademark charisma.

The Leather Underground: Pekka Strang plays Touko Laaksonen, known to the world as Tom of Finland.

Arts

The Man Behind All Those Behinds: 'Tom of Finland'

5:00pm October 12, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Despite its dutiful, box-checking nature, this biopic of the Finnish artist who brought gay sexual imagery out of the shadows finds room to let its characters breathe.

Rob Gimpel tends to the war garden at the Library of Congress.

Historical Veggies Take Root In D.C. War Garden

10:33am October 12, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

To commemorate 100 years since the U.S. entered WWI, the gardens outside the Library of Congress have been transformed into a traditional war garden — producing heirloom vegetables of the past.

Books
Arts

With 'Voices In The Dark,' An Artist Missteps

7:00am October 12, 2017

by Etelka Lehoczky

Comic artist Ulli Lust's unique, surreal style proves a bad match for this adaptation of a historical novel about the children of Joseph Goebbels and their last days in Adolf Hitler's bunker.

Afghan aushak (dumplings) from Lapis, a restaurant in Washington, D.C., run by the Popal family

Smithsonian Night Market Celebrates The Art Of Asian Cuisine

9:06pm October 11, 2017

by Kristen Hartke

Food is central to culture, but museums often overlook it. So for their grand reopening, the Smithsonian's Asian art museums are giving center stage to cuisine from across Earth's largest continent.

Christie's unveiled Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi at Christie's New York on Tuesday in New York City.

Last Da Vinci Painting In Private Hands Will Be Auctioned Next Month

7:46pm October 11, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The portrait of Jesus Christ, Salvator Mundi, was recently confirmed to be a da Vinci that had been thought to be destroyed. It's not clear where the painting was, exactly, for more than a century.

Here Are The 2017 MacArthur 'Genius' Grant Winners

5:10pm October 11, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Jason De León, Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Derek Peterson are among the 24 winners of this year's MacArthur Fellowship, which honors "extraordinarily talented and creative individuals."

Books
Arts

'The Apparitionists' Raises The Specters That Haunted America

4:53pm October 11, 2017

by Genevieve Valentine

Peter Manseau skillfully weaves together spirituality, technology and the legacy of the Civil War to tell the story of a "spirit photographer" on trial for claiming he could take pictures of ghosts.

Anthropologist Jason De Leon Awarded MacArthur 'Genius' Grant

4:44pm October 11, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with anthropologist Jason de Leon, who was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in recognition of his work which shines a light on the human toll of U.S. immigration policies. His Undocumented Migration Project involves collecting artifacts left behind by migrants living and dead, from the Sonoran Desert.