Arts & Culture

Fifty years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, the author isn’t as reclusive as you think

North Carolina native Davis Love III crafts a wild seaside masterpiece in Mexico

How Jimmy Buffett is helping shrimpers with a slick idea

The strange story of how William Toye might have forged hundreds of paintings, deceived prominent art collectors, and created a scandal around one of Louisiana’s greatest folk artists

William Dunlap is bold, outspoken, and not afraid to have a good time

Dreaming of a visit from a four-legged friend

Deep in the heart of Texas Hill Country, Leonard Bludworth churns out the world’s most beautiful pool cues

Jill McCorkle has cemented her place among today’s preeminent Southern writers

A literary tour of the South’s top independent bookshops

Designed for Drama, a new exhibition at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, opens February 10 and pays tribute to George Vanderbilt’s love of literature by presenting a selection of his favorite tomes alongside more than forty costumes from their screen adaptions

The aerial perspective of photographer Cameron Davidson

In an age of violence and turmoil, North Carolina native John Beerman devotes his art to the calming power of water

What one can learn from the first gardeners

Feather by feather, sculptor Grainger McKoy captures the beauty of birds as few artists ever have

Renowned Southern man of letters Pat Conroy reflects on his personal journals

When he is not painting in Italy, the preeminent fresco maestro makes his home in Asheville

An extremely brief retrospective, with comments from the artist

Four decades of letters, visits, and memorable cocktails with a dear friend

How a swamp rat from Beaumont, Texas, clawed his way to the top of the art world

There’s no better way to celebrate fall than with a load of oysters and a bunch of friends. And nobody does it in better style than jewelry designer Jane Pope and her fiancé, Tyler Cooper