By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — A key character in Nilo Cruz’s play, Anna in the Tropics, explains that he reads Tolstoy’s novels because “Tolstoy understand humanity like no other writer does.” Few would quarrel with that statement, but Cruz, who put that sentence in the mouth of his character, also built the entire play around the idea that a masterfully …

By JASMINA WELLINGHOFF, Editor — The work of fashion designers has been glamorized by glossy magazines and shown on runways in Paris, Milan and New York, but we seldom associate it with art museums. That is changing, however. In search of new audiences and in recognition of the creativity that goes into fashion design, museums in both Europe and America …