EditorialAnderson Torres Perez, a member of a troupe of comic bullfighters, at a show in Teruel, Spain on July 4, 2023. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialAnderson Torres Perez, a member of a troupe of comic bullfighters, at a show in Teruel, Spain on July 4, 2023. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialAnderson Torres Perez, a member of a troupe of comic bullfighters, at a show in Teruel, Spain on July 4, 2023. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialAnderson Torres Perez, a member of a troupe of comic bullfighters, at a show in Teruel, Spain on July 4, 2023. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
EditorialBilly Crystal in a scene from the musical “Mr. Saturday Night” at the Nederlander Theater in New York, March 26, 2022. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialTerracotta comic figurine, Early Hellenistic, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Terracottas, The figurine seems to represent an old man. He has a hunched posture and bent knees. His thin lower legs are j...
EditorialThe comic and actor Kumail Nanjiani, who moved to the United States from Pakistan at 18, in London, Jan. 9, 2020. (Ellie Smith/The New York Times)
EditorialTerracotta fragment of a male figure, Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Terracotta, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm), Terracottas, The characterization of the face and the remains of the garment associate the figure with representatio...
EditorialHead of a comic figurine, Early Hellenistic, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Rhodian ?, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Terracottas, The masked head is mold-made and solid. The back is missing.
EditorialNetsuke, Mask, seen from one side a monkey and from the other a hyottoku (comic theater figure.) Signed 'hidemasa'., Hidemasa, Japan, 1800 - 1825, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), h 4.3 cm ? w 3.4 cm ? d 2.4 cm.
EditorialTerracotta fragment of a male figure, Classical, 4th century B.C., Greek, South Italian, Tarentine, Terracotta, H. 3 1/4 in. (8.26 cm), Terracottas, The characterization of the face and the remains of the garment associate the figure with representatio...
EditorialHead of a comic figurine, Early Hellenistic, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Greek, Rhodian ?, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Terracottas, The masked head is mold-made and solid. The back is missing.
EditorialTerracotta comic figurine, Early Hellenistic, late 4th?3rd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made, H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm), Terracottas, The figurine seems to represent an old man. He has a hunched posture and bent knees. His thin lower legs are j...