Lev Bratishenko

A new book offers a version of history in which we lived for thousands of years in large and complex societies without kings or cops

Historian and author Mark A. Lause contends the cowboys of the mythic American West were more diverse—and downtrodden—than we realize

Canada’s centennial spurred a slew of architectural glories. But 50 years later, a truly great monument would be a design for a better country

Many of Canada’s biggest arts institutions are now run by foreigners. Is that so bad?

A cleverly Brexit-timed release from London School of Economics professor John R. Gillingham

An opera about an American icon by a Medicine Hat native opens in Fort Worth

A critic on the incident that has the international music world in a flap—and the troubling truth about art criticism in our times

Geoff Manaugh gives us a thief’s-eye-view of urban design

Cities in the economically depressed rust belt of North America are reinventing themselves with new technology

’Last Futures’ yearns for a time when we used architecture to imagine better futures for everyone, not just paying customers