Arts & Life

Tom Spurgeon, a reporter and editor who gained prominence in the world of comic books and graphic novels, covering it in books, blogs and a magazine, died on Nov. 13 at his home in Columbus, Ohio. He was 50. His death was confirmed by his friend Eric Reynolds, who did …

Under normal circumstances, any author who raked in $600,000 for a series of self-published children’s books would be snapped up by a prestigious publisher and handed a lucrative multi-book deal. But in the case of Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine Pugh, the sales were a sham. Most of the “Healthy Holly” …

The AIDS Memorial Quilt, a vast network of patches commemorating the lives of people who have succumbed to illnesses related to the disease, will return to San Francisco, where its first panels were created in 1987. The quilt’s longtime steward, the NAMES Project Foundation, which is headquartered in Atlanta, will …

BEIJING — A prominent arts center in Beijing has canceled a Chinese-American artist’s exhibition of works with strong social and historical themes, planned for December, after the local authorities declined to issue the necessary import permits. The cancellation comes amid a growing clampdown on civil society across the country and …

BEIJING — A prominent arts center in Beijing has canceled a Chinese-American artist’s exhibition of works with strong social and historical themes, planned for December, after the local authorities declined to issue the necessary import permits. The cancellation comes amid a growing clampdown on civil society across the country and …

Thant Myint-U has titled his reflective and illuminating new book “The Hidden History of Burma,” even though he gently suggests that the country’s past wasn’t so much obscured as it was hiding in plain sight. For decades, especially after a ruthless crackdown on pro-democracy protestors in 1988, Burma had drawn …

FILE PHOTO: A worker installs a 17th century copy of the painting Mona Lisa before its auction at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris, France, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – A 17th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was sold on Tuesday at Sotheby’s auction house …

Carabinieri military policeman looks at artefacts in a display case in Cosenza, Italy, November 18, 2019. CARABINIERI MILITARY POLICE/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS ROME (Reuters) – An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in southern Italy and trafficked stolen archaeological goods worth millions of euros has been broken up, …

An employee displays the second issue of Young Men’s Magazine, a miniature manuscript dated 1830, written by Charlotte Bronte when she was 14 years old, before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 18, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann PARIS (Reuters) – A miniature manuscript written by …

An employee displays the second issue of Young Men’s Magazine, a miniature manuscript dated 1830, written by Charlotte Bronte when she was 14 years old, before being put on auction at Drouot auction house in Paris, France, November 18, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann PARIS (Reuters) – A miniature book written by …