Zaila was 14 last year when she became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. What has she been up to? Credit...Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times Supported by By Maria ...

To speak of the avant garde in the Middle Ages is to gently unsettle a habit that has shaped how history is often told. The ...

This Black History Month, we wanted to learn about the personal histories of women we admire — so we asked changemakers to tell us about a Black woman in their life who has been crucial in shaping who ...

As we wrap up Black History Month, we celebrate a young woman who already knows how to spell success. Zaila Avant-Garde made history in 2022 when she became the first African American to win the ...

The avant-garde jazz bassist, now a part-time Minneapolis resident, combines memoir, history, and musicology in his first ...

Ch. 1. Wild beasts caged : the Salon d'automne, Paris, 1905 -- chapter 2. Cubism meets the public: the Salon des indépendants and the Salon d'automne, Paris, 1911 ; The Salon of the section d'or, ...

Has avant-garde fashion gone the way of the hobble skirt? It would seem so at a time when the biggest names are playing it safe, few young designers are touting unorthodox clothing styles and ...

Colonial habits die hard, even in music. That’s particularly true when it comes to reissues. There’s a booming business for archival music that originates outside the U.S. and Europe, but it’s often ...