Jacob Epstein was very upset. For months, the sculptor had toiled on a memorial tomb for Oscar Wilde, the celebrated—and often vilified—author of works like The Picture of Dorian Gray. When he had finished and placed the headstone, which took the form of a 9-foot-by-11-foot winged figure in flight, it was promptly covered up by a cemetery official.

"Salome," a one-act tragedy by the Irish playwright, terrified the Victorian public with its provocative depiction of a teenage girl whose lust for a man quickly morphs into bloodlust

The Village Voice reviews Sarah Snook's fireball performance in an updated, media-heavy version of "The Picture of Dorian Gray."

an artist pushing the boundaries of technology and art, was commissioned to create the new portraits of Amelia Earhart, Oscar Wilde, and Ingrid Bergman, to offer a fresh perspective into their ...