Brie Ruais starts with masses of clay equal to her body weight, then uses her hands, elbows and boots to push, scrape and cut the pieces on view at Night Gallery.

He sat in his seat, perfectly still, as if he couldn’t believe the news. And he was not the only one surprised, as master Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-Eda was the unexpected but very welcome winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for his “Shoplifters.” Kore-Eda has been at the festival...

Regarding “Confronting the ‘Terror’ Next Door” [May 9]: Some of the best reporting in The Times appears in the Calendar section instead of on the front page. Tucked away in the entertainment section and hidden in an article about a TV show I’ve never watched, television critic Lorraine Ali deconstru..

A musical that toys with Western views of Asia. Fresh compositions about booming cities. And a “scandalous” removal of public art on L.A.’s Bunker Hill. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, with lots of culture news and one busted Picasso: NEW WORLD ORDER Composer Ellen...

Just how crazy was Robert Schumann? He was, without doubt, a peculiar and troubled composer who had suicidal tendencies and ended his days institutionalized. Then again, he was a quintessential 19th century Romantic. We need some focus. Thursday night the Los Angeles Philharmonic began Gustavo...