Arts

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

By Brian Seibert

Mr. Todd’s decades-long career spanned across mediums and genres, but he was largely associated with a scary figure summoned in front of a mirror.

By Aimee Ortiz

In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

By Elyssa Goodman

From life stories (“A Complete Unknown,” “The Fire Inside”) to animated tales (“Moana 2,” “Mufasa”), these are the films we can’t wait to see this season.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Wonderful ideas are available to all of us, says the singer-songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a terrestrial fellow traveler.

By Haruka Aoki

At 68, the Nashville outsider is releasing his first album of original material in nearly a decade, inspired by a joyous shift in his personal life.

By Bob Mehr

With recent major gifts to several cultural institutions, Jarl Mohn is emerging as an important West Coast philanthropist.

By Robin Pogrebin

In “Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!,” Alina Troyano and her former student Branden Jacobs-Jenkins explore the ways art made by one person can live inside others.

By Laura Collins-Hughes

Tong Yang-Tze is reviving an ancient but disappearing practice and making it contemporary — writ large.

By Zachary Small and An Rong Xu

A new generation of floral designers are incorporating fresh styles into their creations.

By Martha Cheng