Even by the standards of chess prodigies, Hou Yifan stood out. It wasn’t so much the way she played the game—dynamically but not dazzlingly, with an aggressive but flexible style. It was that she was ...

FIVE MINUTES BEFORE the eighth round of the World Chess Grand Prix in Geneva, the room was silent. The competitors had taken their seats, 18 of the world's best chess players facing off across nine ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 13: Director Hou Hsiao-Hsien attends Passing Beauty: A conversation with Hou Hsiao-Hsien presented by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and The Getty Research Institute ...

Update: “Hou Hsiao-hsien’s family released a statement today confirming that Hou has Alzheimer’s. Initially, it didn’t affect his filmmaking work, but long COVID has forced him to stop. His company ...

At one point in the quietly wrenching “The Boys from Fengkuei,” a coming-of-age drama by the great Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien, the title characters are duped by a street hawker. They’re ...

Hou Sek is a brand of Asian-style gourmet snacks founded by Ivan Lim and his co-founder Su at the end of January 2018. Their products feature a small selection of snacks that include crispy fish skin ...

“Architecture is a constant struggle,” says Josh de Sousa, 39, partner with his wife, Nancy Hou, 39, in the Manhattan firm Hou de Sousa. Adds Hou: “We like the process of finding the answer that ...

The 24-year-old “internet kid” from Liverpool melds contemporary iconography with figurative works of art. By Ted Loos This article is part of our Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on how museums, ...