Jonathan L. Fischer

Phillips Collection sells O’Keeffe and other masterpieces amid outcry from supporters Sotheby’s auctioned Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Large Dark Red Leaves on White” for $7.8 million alongside other works. The Washington museum intends to use sale proceeds to commission work from contemporary ...

The Phillips Collection auctioned off a number of works, including a Georgia O'Keeffe that sold tonight for $7.8 million www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Senate Democrats are investigating Kennedy Center’s deals and spending A Senate committee is examining the Kennedy Center’s contracts and expenses, accusing its Trump-allied leadership of “self-dealing, favoritism, and waste.”

Senate Dems are investigating the Kennedy Center over its spending practices and booking deals that involve Trump allies.

The probe cites lavish dining expenses, luxury hotel stays and contracts for events like FIFA’s World Cup draw — which we reported last week will pay $0 in rent.
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Dorothy Vogel, unlikely art collector and National Gallery donor, dies at 90 Dorothy Vogel was a librarian. Her husband was a postal worker. Together, they collected thousands of pieces of modern art, then donated it to the National Gallery.

Dorothy Vogel -- of the wonderful doc "Herb and Dorothy," who built an incredible art collection with her husband and kept it EVERYWHERE in their tiny apartment, before donating it en masse to the National Gallery of Art -- has died. Our obit: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Senate Democrats are investigating Kennedy Center’s deals and spending A Senate committee is examining the Kennedy Center’s contracts and expenses, accusing its Trump-allied leadership of “self-dealing, favoritism, and waste.”

Senate Dems are investigating the Kennedy Center. Here's what we know. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Column | When an art critic insulted this painting, its artist was bankrupted James McNeill Whistler’s “Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket” was ahead of its time. When the critic John Ruskin insulted it, a notorious libel case ensued.

When art critics could kill www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Column | 20 years after Chris Whitley died, I can’t shake his earthy, gutting songs After a brief flirtation with the mainstream, Houston’s Chris Whitley carved one of rock’s more fascinating paths. It’s time to rediscover him.

My colleague @timcarman.bsky.social has a beautiful essay on the music of Chris Whitley, who died 20 years ago www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

And what a perfect New Order cover it is

Review | Defying gravity no more, ‘Wicked: For Good’ is a letdown The second installment of the behemoth adaptation is bogged down with plot and bereft of bangers.

Our critic did not enjoy Part 2. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Seven Elphabas from ‘Wicked’ talk going green and defying gravity Idina Menzel and others open up about the pleasures and perils of playing Elphaba, the iconic “Wicked” character.

From a year ago, now updated: Seven Elphabas www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Heds Will Roll All editors write headlines they dare not use. Put them here instead. Submissions: jonathanlfischer...

Upon request, I have reopened submissions to HEDS WILL ROLL, my very occasionally updated pun-headline Tumblr. hedswillroll.tumblr.com

Review | The Tom Hanks play is bad Tom Hanks stars in and co-wrote off-Broadway’s “This World of Tomorrow,” a sci-fi rom-com gone awry.

The Tom Hanks play is bad. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Maybe the best Morricone (and that’s saying something)

Guess what? The @washingtonpost.com has a new/revamped pop culture newsletter from the great @shaneisland.bsky.social: Seriously? Yes, seriously. Seriously! s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...

In our Sunday section, several great Americans.

I hear you, acknowledge that this is a journalistic tic and respectfully submit that -- in this rare case -- some people hate these things and some people adore them (me) and on the rare occasions that the people movers come up, they debate.

Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’

Preservationists sue to stop Trump from painting the Eisenhower Executive Office Building www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Column | ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is essential viewing. Seriously. The Hulu reality show about the Mormon wives of TikTok is a perfect distillation of America’s political and cultural moment.

This is a remarkable piece of writing about, yes, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Icons or relics? Dulles’s hulking people movers spark debate yet again. A design history of Dulles Airport’s people movers, the space-age vehicles flyers love to hate.

Consider the people mover: www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Phillips Collection will sell several masterpieces, sparking backlash The Phillips Collection will sell at auction artworks by Georgia O’Keeffe, Georges Seurat and Arthur Dove, drawing a debate over deaccessioning.

News: Phillips Collection will sell several masterpieces -- including an O'Keeffe and a Seurat -- sparking backlash: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

With the government shutdown over, the Smithsonian is reopening Everything to know about when visitors can return to D.C. museums and attractions.

Updates to my reopening story:
• National Archives open normal hours today
• Wolf Trap Holiday Sing-A-Long is happening Dec. 6.
• ZooLights tickets on sale to the public tomorrow.

All the details in this gift link: wapo.st/442X6Bh

Ken Burns says Americans have been fighting each other since the beginning In his new documentary series “The American Revolution,” the prolific filmmaker depicts a nation created by violence. Still, he finds cause for optimism.

Ken Burns has seen some things www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

With the government shutdown over, the Smithsonian is set to reopen Everything to know about when visitors can return to D.C. museums and attractions.

Following the shutdown, the Smithsonian museums and the National Gallery will reopen beginning tomorrow. All of them by Monday. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

FIFA will use Kennedy Center free of charge for World Cup event, contract says The Kennedy Center booked the World Cup draw at President Donald Trump’s urging. It will occupy much of the campus and displace planned performances.

NEWS: FIFA is taking over the Kennedy Center for the World Cup draw, forcing the center to clear its schedule. FIFA will pay $0. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Staff at 9:30 Club and other venues win voluntary union recognition The production company I.M.P. will recognize a union for hospitality staffers at 9:30 Club, the Atlantis and Lincoln Theatre, after workers petitioned last month.

9:30 Club owner voluntarily recognized its workers’ union: www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Trump airport nominee wants to eliminate Dulles ‘people movers’ The unique shuttles, which have been in operation since 1962, have been blamed for delays and accidents. A White House official Tuesday called them “notorious.”

I enjoy the Dulles people movers for entirely aesthetic/sensory reasons. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Go watch “Ran,” kids!

Tatsuya Nakadai, multifaceted star of Japanese cinema, dies at 92 While working with directors such as Akira Kurosawa, he drew comparisons to Marlon Brando and Laurence Olivier for his immersive, wide-ranging performances.

Our Tatsuya Nakadai obit. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Review | Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ is taking prestige pop to new levels Rosalía’s new album, “Lux,” wants to blow your mind. Give it your undivided attention instead.

The Rosalía album wants you to listen with your mind www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Column | Meet The Washington Post’s new food critic Elazar Sontag is The Post’s next food critic — and he won’t be anonymous.

I agree with our new food critic that El Rinconcito II is excellent. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2025/11...

I don’t know what I’m to say about our Sunday section, but I’ll say it anyway.