EditorialIn front: a view of “The Witch’s Cradle,” a minishow of surrealist and metaphysical art by women, and, at the rear, works on paper by the Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998), at the Venice Biennale in Italy, April 20, 2022. (Gus Powell/The New York Times)
EditorialInside a restaurant with a mural depicting Mao Zedong, founding father of the People's Republic of China, in Jinggangshan, China, a town known as the ?cradle of the Chinese Revolution,? April 20, 2021. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialA large tour group poses for photos on the steps of a monument symbolizing the revolutionary spirit, at Nanshan Park in Jinggangshan, China, a town known as the ?cradle of the Chinese Revolution,? April 21, 2021. (Gilles Sabri?/The New York Times)
EditorialCast members rehearse for “The Cradle Will Rock,” a “play in music” that was funded by the Federal Theater Project but shut down by the government in 1937. (Library of Congress via The New York Times)