CULTURE

There is a persistent myth that the Middle Ages were an era of emotional restraint: a world of stone cloisters, chastity belts (which mostly didn’t exist), and solemn devotion unmarred by desire.  Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages , now on view at  The Met Cloisters through March 29, 2026 , dismantles that comforting fiction with intelligence, elegance, and a sly sense of humor. It is one of those exhibitions that quietly rearranges what you thought

On a crisp morning far above the bustle of Midtown, a day that feels quintessentially  New York City  begins not with Times Square crowds but with a quiet walk up Broadway into  Washington Heights , where one of the city’s most enchanting cultural surprises awaits. Many visitors zip straight from Central Park into the museum corridor—MoMA, The Met, The Guggenheim—yet just a short subway ride north lies the  Hispanic Society Museum & Library , an unexpected treasure trove tuck

In a city that changes by the minute, its most enduring traditions continue to reinvent themselves. New York City has always lived with an orchestra’s temperament—restless, layered, sometimes discordant, but capable of great, sweeping beauty. In  late 2025 and early 2026 , that character is nowhere more evident than in its classical music and opera scene, one of the most vibrant ecosystems of live performance in the world. At a time when cultural capitals globally are recalib

From August 5, 2025, to January 4, 2026, the  Harn Museum of Art  in Gainesville, Florida, invites visitors on a sweeping journey through a century of French modernism with its exhibition  French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 . Featuring over 55 paintings, drawings, and sculptures drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European collection, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to trace the evolution of French art during a period of profound transformation, from