The Cretan Paradox

It's riveting and highly influential, but El Greco's work never quite fit. Could the reason lie in his birthplace?

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Picture Books

Between pauper's bibles and the modern graphic novel, there's Frans Masereel's My Book of Hours – a crucial example of the power of stories without words.

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After Joan

It's our first awards season without Joan Rivers. But life – and the red carpet – go on.

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