Karl Simon visits Highgate Cemetery to show us the importance of contrast in black-and-white painting on a tablet.

His alter ego closes the trunk and sits in the front seat to drive away — and the dark angel appears by his side. Then, he reveals he has the same all-white eyes she has.

One hundred years ago, Teresa Dolezal Feldevert died, her ashes laid to rest beneath a statue that has since become an icon of dark romance and superstition in Iowa City. The Black Angel of Oakland ...