Culture | Arts

Industrial designer and entrepreneur David Rowland spent decades refining what became an icon of midcentury modern: the 40/4 chair.

The horseshoe crab has been misunderstood by beachgoers for decades. Artists are part of a new preservation effort, helping people to see the prehistoric creature in a new light. 

The 77th Tony Awards recognized the best theater productions of the year and spotlighted female directors and scorewriters. “The Outsiders" won best new musical, Maleah Joi Moon won best leading actress, and Jeremy Strong took home best lead actor in a play.

Our cultural commentator tours a power couple’s art collection at the Brooklyn Museum to see what effect the exhibit, “Giants,” has on the understanding of Black art and everyday life. 

Civil War statues have been in the news in recent years. But a new one in Beaufort, South Carolina, honors a different kind of military leader – and the story only starts there.

With buildings as her canvas, Boston muralist Rixy explores the intersection of art and identity. 

An exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes more than 160 works of art – and exudes dignity in its timeless celebration of Black life. 

A Mississippi Choctaw with Cherokee descent, Jeffrey Gibson is the first Native American to represent the U.S. solo at the Venice Biennale, a celebration of the arts in Italy. He uses color and craft to respond to historical traumas and pursue healing. 

“The Outsiders” offers a timely – and tuneful – reminder that differences that seem so intractable might not be impossible to overcome after all. Adam “not a musical theater person” Rapp talks about how he came to write the book.

In Montgomery, Alabama, a new sculpture park has joined two memorials created by the Equal Justice Initiative started by Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer perhaps best known for his memoir, “Just Mercy.”