Culture

The tragic figure behind the Hungarian populist leader’s efforts to remake his country’s theater.

After they mastered their territories, rulers wanted to master crafts, too.

Only by standing firm against China together can makers escape global cultural paralysis.

Eight voices on the future of entertainment, culture, and sports.

Protests have strengthened calls for Western institutions to repatriate priceless cultural artifacts. Museums in Africa are ready to receive them.

English skills bring status, but the public remains stubbornly bad at learning.

Under the right conditions, social frustration can herald the dawn of new political solidarity.

Miky Lee’s money and influence turned South Korean cinema into a powerhouse.

Nationalists and unionists are in a battle for cultural supremacy, complicating the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU.

As the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, U.S. politics is getting harder and harder to explain to the rest of the world.

Matteo Salvini and the Italian far-right have found a new target in their crusade to marginalize Muslims: pork-free tortellini.

The upcoming Disney film is already a cultural battleground. But China’s most famous heroine thrives in many tellings.

Thousands of years ago, the ancient Greeks anticipated robots and artificial intelligence—and they didn’t trust them.

There are deep reasons that imagined communities will always be a powerful reality in international politics.

The newest royal baby represents his country's future identity: not multicultural, but overwhelmingly mixed-race and entirely British.

The Ilkhom Theatre Company has kept freedom alive in Uzbekistan since before the fall of the Soviet Union.

Despite being spared the worst, Notre Dame is not out of danger, says the building expert Caroline Bruzelius.

A glitz and glam song competition turns political.

Jia Zhangke’s "Ash Is Purest White," socially critical yet officially sanctioned, strikes a middle path for Chinese cinema.

The purchase represents the cultural aspects of U.S. diplomacy for some and lavish and wasteful spending for others.