Harmonizer Helped Drive Bee Gees to Fame

The Architect of Awesome Ripping

Tim Payne's firm Team Pain is the go-to company for cities that crave skate parks built by actual skaters. Mr. Payne has overseen 250 of them

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Brotherhood Across Battle Lines

The bravura storytelling of Jean Renoir's "Grand Illusion" (1937) makes it easy to overlook how subtly the film juxtaposes exuberance and violence, friendship and less worthy sentiments.

From Urban Decay to African Beauty

A former gas station, car dealership and dental school building are helping to transform central Johannesburg from a hotbed of crime to a hub for African art.

Roaring Back to Nascar's Good Old Days

'Grassroots Racing' at the Nascar Hall of Fame in North Carolina features cars, trophies and photographs from four short tracks.

Don't Miss: May 19-25

The famed Barnes collection moves to Philadelphia, and the Harvard Art Museums present Jasper Johns works.

A Pioneer of Walk-Through Art

New York's Galerie Lelong offers an exhibition of works of Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica.

Ideas Calendar: Digital Animation and the Neuroscience of Zen

The calendar May 19 to 25 also includes a military health-care convention in San Antonio.

The Next Global Art Powerhouse

With a booming art fair, Hong Kong caters to a new generation of wealthy collectors.

Tapping into "Taps"

A century and a half ago, two battle-weary Civil War soldiers wrote the famous bugle call, "Taps."

Pharrell's Favorite Artists

Pharrell Williams is widely known for his music, but he is an art fan as well.

Chelsea's Perennial Inspiration

If last year was about big, manly architectural statements at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, this year is about exploring the softer, more sensual side of gardening, with smells and sounds featuring heavily in show spaces.

The Fantastic Monsieur Desplat

Alexandre Desplat's movie scores embrace genres as diverse as Hollywood blockbusters and artsy European films, keeping the award-winning French composer in high demand in Tinseltown.

Prelude to a Movement

A new wave of young Czech classical musicians is on the brink of major international careers. As the Prague Spring Festival gets underway, we look at the country's breakthrough artists.

Summer Magic

From the Bard to Britten, the best festivals in Europe this summer.

A Taste of British History

As London's Summer Olympics loom, art auctions give a taste of things British with works covering a broad swath of the country's arts scene over more than 100 years.

Oil Money's Rich Bounty

Masterpieces do not abound in the charming hodgepodge of the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, La. Interesting things do.

In Murals' Corner

Art preservation is tricky even under ideal circumstances, which generally involve close controls for light, temperature, humidity and other hazards. Eliminate those and you have some idea of the challenge that street-mural preservation faces.

Artistic Continuity, Political Rupture

'Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition,' at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, tells a tale richly narrated through church mosaics, icons, silks and manuscripts gathered from around the world. It finds an artistic language that transcended religious and linguistic diversity.

Setting the Stage for a Floral Tribute

'I'm hired to make it dramatic,' said the Tony Award-winning set designer Scott Pask of his role in presenting the New York Botanical Garden's Monet show.

Ancient Egypt's Limber Youth

A startling exhibition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "The Dawn of Egyptian Art," provides us with a rare opportunity to reset our shared memory cards and look at Egyptian art anew.