Philip Kennicott

I'm thinking, for the moment, of a 1960 orchestral work called “Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima” by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki.

The fiasco of this week’s closure reveals the truth of President Trump’s motivations — and what the arts community stands to lose.

LOS ANGELES — The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art , a colossal pet project by the man who invented the Star Wars franchise, makes no apologies for looking like a spaceship arrived from outer space.

When the ambition to destroy culture is bottomless, the anger must be even deeper, culture critic Philip Kennicott writes. When there is new governance in Washington, the Kennedy Center must be among the things investigated, because it was always the bellwether.

Even before they played a note of music, the National Symphony Orchestra received a standing ovation Saturday night at the Music Center at Strathmore, a

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Author George Saunders and composer Missy Mazzoli visit the crypt that inspired “Lincoln in the Bardo,” a novel turned opera that has become one of the most anticipated cultural events in years.

Decontextualization has made a mess of one of this country's great art collections.

Decontextualization has made a mess of one of this country’s great art collections.

“Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,” read the opening lines of the Catholic mass for the dead.