Jani Allan

Western morality is based on 10 very old and very good rules for living: the Ten Commandments. The Ten ...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. —Leonardo da Vinci I once saw Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Then, ...

“The School of Athens” is one of the most important and fascinating frescos in Western art history. Pope Julius II commissioned ...

“We don’t go to art for information. Rather it’s the experience.”—Roger Scruton, philosopher Piero della Francesca’s “The Baptism ...

Some paintings almost everyone in the Western world knows: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” Piero della Francesca’s “The ...

On the day I visited Padua, destroyer clouds were moving in from the west. The snow was knee-high. ...

Three memories I have of the first time I visited Madrid: the relentless elegance of the women in ...

NEW YORK—From the opening exchange between Satan and Beelzebub, Tom Dulack’s script captivates. Dulack’s take on “Paradise Lost” ...

NEW YORK—Those who remain enchanted by the notion of chivalry and the medieval rules of knighthood will find ...

For centuries, families have gathered to eat and talk. Anthropological evidence from every culture and era show that ...

NEW YORK—A production by Primary Stages now at the Cherry Lane Theatre is perfect for an audience needing ...

NEW YORK—The coolest new show on Broadway in 2019 is the revival of a 1943 musical. Social media ...

There was always music in our house when I was growing up: operas and piano sonatas and string ...

Music expresses the quintessence of life and its events. It is precisely this universality that gives music the ...

"Stroop," a film about rhino poaching in South Africa, has won 10 international awards at 15 film festivals ...

I first glimpsed David Harris Jr. outside the White House a few weeks ago, among several hundred young, ...

Roelof Botha died in October, at the age of 86. "Pik," as he was known, had the honor ...

Commentary When you are a gay, strikingly handsome cosmetologist, hairdresser, singer, and theater actor in New York City, ...

Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell operated what a grand jury would later describe as a “baby charnel house.” His ...

The Amazing Lucas is a YouTube sensation. The bodybuilder, 3D animator, and Trump supporter has more than 10 million ...

Commentary There is an insidious racism with which the West treats black African Marxist leaders. They are not ...