Arts

Elim Chan Becomes First Female Music Director of San Francisco Symphony

Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen. Read

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An Artist Ponders Pond Scum, Humans and the Meaning of Life

Anicka Yi questions humans’ place in the world through work that focuses on some of the tiniest life-forms out there. At Storm King, muck-filled columns are her lab.Anicka Yi questions humans’ place in the world through work that focuses on some of the tiniest life-forms out there. At Storm King, muck-filled columns are her lab. Read

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James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain: The Fleeting Nature of Light, and of Life

A retrospective at Tate Britain brings together the American-born painter’s gauzy paintings and some of the provocative ideas that drove him.A retrospective at Tate Britain brings together the American-born painter’s gauzy paintings and some of the provocative ideas that drove him. Read More

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