Culture

Tom Stoppard died at 88; the Czech-born British playwright won an Academy Award for Shakespeare in Love and wrote Leopoldstadt, obituaries in major outlets reported.

Simon Schama, Naomi Wolf, Alessandro Nai, Alex Callinicos, Constance Bantman and 12 more

New York Times, The Guardian, NRC and 5 more

A previously missing Peter Paul Rubens painting, Christus am Kreuz, sold for €2.94 million at a Versailles auction after an auction house discovered it in a Paris city villa.

David Darmofal

Joaquín Sabina closed his touring career with a farewell concert at Madrid’s Movistar Arena, drawing an emotional, sold-out crowd that responded with tears and standing ovations.

In Frankfurt, "Tatort" investigators confronted a sect claiming to live on light while investigating a missing child, a Cold-Case plot that explored faith, guilt and hope.