The concrete Riverview building along the Charles poses a threat to public safety, city officials say. Dr. Kiame Mahaniah will take over on Monday. The change comes a period of unprecedented change in ...

Gorey’s distinctive hand-lettering is crisp, precise and perfectly straight, each envelope a complete scene. Some scenes are more complex than others, but each is a complete thought.

‘Queer’ is a word often used to describe Edward Gorey’s mysterious, spooky art. So why is it so hard to acknowledge the artist behind them was queer as well?

Mark Dery’s 2018 Gorey biography, “ Born to be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey,” documents the artist’s participation in postwar gay life.

Without Edward Gorey, many modern classics wouldn’t exist. Edward Scissorhands, for example: The aesthetic of the movie is unmistakably influenced by the distinctive mood of Gorey’s art. In ...

Instead, Gorey illustrated a group of nervous children waiting in a dark room, with leaves adorning the wallpaper and rugs, meticulously rendered in black and white, while on the back of the ...