Leigh Bowery Arrives at Tate Modern, Without Labels

“If you label me, you negate me,” the performance artist and fashion designer Leigh Bowery said in 1993, one year before his death at age 33. Maybe it is this resistance to easy categorization that has meant Bowery never quite became a household name. His cultural influence, though, is beyond question: His provocative performances led … Read more

Berlin Stabbing Attack at Holocaust Memorial Injures One

After an intensive search, the police in Germany detained a suspect in a Friday stabbing attack at Berlin’s iconic Holocaust memorial that left one person seriously injured. The attack, two days before a pivotal national election, occurred in the labyrinth of concrete stelae that make up the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located … Read more

Bannon’s Salute at CPAC, Echoing Musk, Prompts a French Protest

Stephen K. Bannon, a former White House official and conservative podcast host, was wrapping up a speech to a right-wing audience outside Washington on Thursday when he made a gesture that some observers, including a far-right French leader, likened to a Nazi salute. Suggesting that President Trump pursue a constitutionally prohibited third term, Mr. Bannon … Read more

Ukraine Promises Swift Deal for Minerals as Trump Cuts Kyiv Out of Peace Talks

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukraine will work “swiftly and very sensibly” on an agreement granting the United States access to its natural resources, in an apparent overture to tamp down tensions that had flared with President Trump over the deal. Kyiv has focused on strengthening its negotiating position as the United States … Read more