Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s groundbreaking, experimental 1914 poetry collection “Tender Buttons,” “The Dresses/Objects Project” promises to be one of the most talked about interdisciplinary art ...

I’d just brushed the dog, there on the dog’s couch. I was wearing a black—well, to call it a gown is a criminal overstatement—a black rag. It became clear to me— and when I say clear I mean the moment ...

The story begins in the middle: the middle of the Jardin du Luxembourg, at “an eight-sided pond/ where you can rent a tiny sailboat/ and set it adrift over and over again.” And in the middle of ...

The modernist novelist, art collector and saloniste held a high opinion of herself. Francesca Wade probes Stein’s life and legacy, taking her at her word. By Christopher Benfey Fifty years after the ...