In “The Maverick’s Museum,” Blake Gopnik presents the contradictory, intriguing, infuriating man behind the Barnes Collection ...

Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

Killed at age 44 by a gunshot fired by his fiancee’s brother, Arkansas painter Dewitt Jordan left a complicated legacy. A ...

Fugard, who died March 8, was a white South African whose plays explored the consequences of Apartheid. He was later awarded ...