EditorialA tennis match on clay keeps no secrets. The red canvas is clean to start. Then, with each step, slide and bounce of the ball, two players paint the story. Over several hours, tennis becomes a form of abstract expressionism. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialA tennis match on clay keeps no secrets. The red canvas is clean to start. Then, with each step, slide and bounce of the ball, two players paint the story. Over several hours, tennis becomes a form of abstract expressionism. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times)
EditorialRobert Whitman at a rehearsal of his 1960 Happening, “American Moon,” at Pace Gallery in New York, Jan. 16, 2023. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)