Arts

President Donald Trump moved quickly to end “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) in federal government departments, putting DEI personnel on paid leave two days after his inauguration. His announcement comes on the heels of ongoing L.A.…

“Now it’s dark.” The line famously uttered by Frank Booth, one of the most memorable villains in movie history, now somehow feels appropriate for the auteur behind “Blue Velvet.” The great American film director David Lynch has died at age…

The 2024 presidential election delivered an American mandate to truly become a great nation once again. After years of nauseating reactionary politics from the right, Trump’s second administration promises more. Once again a vision for…

Another Emmy season has come and gone. This year’s winners and nominees are once again a sweeping validation of the left-leaning Ford Foundation’s strategy to sponsor and cultivate progressive films and filmmakers. The Ford Foundation’s…

Read any Jane Austen novel, and you’ll find that young ladies were often asked to sing and play the piano to entertain family members and guests. Even those who didn’t have particular musical talent, such as Elizabeth Bennet, were…

Friday’s drag-queen parody of Christ at the Paris Olympics opening shows yet again that people who hate Jesus just can’t escape His art, archetypes, created realities, or authority. The exhibition replaced Christ in the iconic Leonardo Da…

Decapitated statues of Mary are not uncommon in European nations culturally enriched by Muslim migration. So the July 1 beheading of the Virgin Mary in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (aka Mariendom) in Linz, Austria, was a…

In these polarizing times, it seems little wonder that even federal buildings have turned into political battlefields. In his final weeks in office in late 2020, President Trump signed an executive order establishing classical architecture…

After learning of my position as a school docent at the National Gallery of Art, a woman at a party asked, “My daughter is 4 years old. Is she too young to visit an art museum?” “Oh no,” I replied. “An afternoon spent looking at…

Speaking before a sold-out crowd at Milwaukee’s Oriental Theater this past Sunday, actor Ethan Hawke offered a cautious warning to his audience: “Beware when you throw away your geniuses, they have much to teach us.” Hawke is currently on a…