The artist Jack Whitten offered the world a new way to see. He worked throughout his prolific career to reimagine art and its relation to society. “My paintings are designed as weapons,” he wrote.

For a decade or so on either side of World War II, Shahn’s achievements made him an art star, earning him a major show at the ...

When the video game Bloodborne dropped players into the deep end and ignored their cries for help, it joined a tradition of ...