Arts & Life

During his 60-year career, Sottsass Jr. designed office systems (including the shell of the Olivetti mainframe computer, from 1957 to 1959) and systems for simplified living, as well, that were intended to discourage consumption. His Superbox, for example, designed in 1966, was an outhouse-proportioned wardrobe with a surface of plastic …

Those who have the wherewithal to write about these questions usually have the wherewithal to think clearly about them. Taylor, who died in July of last year at the age of 61, is a firm believer in taking custody of her own death. She announces in her first sentence that …

As the rally ends, Leah Rabin sees the head of security and says, “Thank God, nothing has happened.” “For the moment,” he replies. Then the shots are heard again. There is drama in the horror of the murder and in the unadorned language, made bare by grief, that Leah Rabin …

On this week’s podcast, the actor Alex Karpovsky reads the essay “Uh, Honey, That’s Not Your Line,” in which Matteson Perry learns that the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is nothing more than a trope. Photo Credit Brian Rea Mr. Perry is a screenwriter and performer living in Los Angeles. Find …

Photo Yung Jake, a Los Angeles creator whose real name is Jake Patterson, developed a show of three-dimensional “Emoji Portraits” that opened this week at the Tripoli Gallery in Southampton, N.Y. Credit Andi Elloway for The New York Times They flow ceaselessly through the text panels on our smartphones, these …

Photo Members of the Young People’s Chorus of New York City singing in the aisles of David Geffen Hall for the opening night of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart festival. Credit Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Give the Mostly Mozart festival credit for trying something different to open its 2017 …

Photo The drummer Nate Smith and his band will be playing at Jazz Standard. Credit Peter Van Breukelen/Redferns, via Getty Images We don’t talk a lot about percussion having a flavor. But on the drummer Nate Smith’s “Kinfolk: Postcards From Everywhere,” released this spring, all sorts of sounds participate in …

Photo “Rick and Morty” returns for Season 3 on Adult Swim. Credit Adult Swim Being a “Rick and Morty” fan is a sort of exquisite torture, in several ways. For one thing, merely watching this outlandish animated Adult Swim series can hurt the brain. The tales of Rick, a crazed …

The exhibition — announced on Wednesday by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and the organizer, the Spanish company Musealia — will include pieces from the museum such as a barracks; a freight car of the same type used to transport prisoners; letters and testimonials; and a gas mask, a tin that …

“Through the story of this painting over the last 26 years,” he said in an interview, “we can trace the change of mentality not just in the museums, but also in the legal approach, the way we think about law and justice. Law and justice are not always the same …