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Pamela Kraft, 77, Dies; Arts Magnet and Champion of Indigenous Rights
In 2012, the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns recognized her efforts, awarding her its “Spirit of the...
Read moreGeoff Crowther, 77, Dies; Guided Travelers Looking to Get Lost
After all, Lonely Planet, which was founded by Tony Wheeler with his wife, Maureen, was itself named by mistake. Mr....
Read moreBeyond Abstract Expressionism: MoMA Rethinks the Art of the 1950s
As exhibitions go, “Degree Zero: Drawing at Midcentury” at the Museum of Modern Art is a relatively modest undertaking. After...
Read moreMusicians Say Streaming Doesn’t Pay. Can the Industry Change?
One example of this tension is the Los Angeles pop duo Frenship.In 2016, the group, featuring Brett Hite and James...
Read moreFor Chakaia Booker, Whose Medium Is Tires, the Art Is in the Journey
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Chakaia Booker’s studio here is 20,000 square feet of unheated space, with a roof that leaks and...
Read moreAre Animated Dads Getting Hotter? An Investigation
And then there are recent events, which may have added more fuel to our fire. “Of course, there’s the ineffable...
Read moreFive International Movies to Stream Right Now
In the age of streaming, the Earth is flat — screen-size, with travel to faraway destinations only a monthly subscription...
Read moreThe Tale of a Chaotic and Failed Attempt to Explore Antarctica in 1897
Julian Sancton’s “Madhouse at the End of the Earth” details Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery’s effort to explore Antarctica, and...
Read moreAnn Hood’s New Novel Plumbs Sibling Guilt and Sorrow
JUDE BANKS, SUPERHERO By Ann Hood Over the course of her long career, the author Ann Hood (“The Obituary...
Read moreOn Governors Island, Art Interventions Are Everywhere
If you want respite from the moneyed, big-name glamour of some of your larger art fairs, you can, in one...
Read more‘Wrath of Man’ Review: ‘H’ Has Some Fury
The filmmaker Guy Ritchie has long shown an eagerness to take a whack at almost any blockbuster format a given...
Read moreBob Abernethy, Longtime Host of PBS Show on Religion, Dies at 93
He conceived and produced “Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly” and was its face for 20 years, after four decades as an...
Read moreThe Film That Made ‘Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song’ Possible
“The Story of a Three Day Pass” was based on one of the novels Van Peebles wrote in French, winning...
Read moreLonnie Holley’s Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation
EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — Lonnie Holley’s life began at an impossible place: 1950, seventh among his mother’s 27 children, in...
Read moreEmergency Grants for New York City Artists With Disabilities
The tulips are blooming, Broadway is coming back and the slowing of the pandemic in America seems to be in...
Read more‘Zoetrope’ Review: And You Thought Your Apartment Was Small?
In this real estate market, Brooklyn agents can find renters for pretty much any apartment, even one in a vacant...
Read moreThe Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music
The composers and filmmakers I spoke to about Britell emphasized the poetic intelligence he brings to his work. But his...
Read moreFrieze New York, First Live Art Fair in a Year, Kicks Off at the Shed
The colossal white tent on Randalls Island — the one that occasionally threatened to uplift and blow away — is...
Read moreLate Night Rallies Behind Facebook’s Extended Trump Ban
“It has been five months since Trump was indefinitely suspended from Facebook for the minor infraction of trying to overthrow...
Read moreStacey Abrams Contains Multitudes
Stacey Abrams published her first book — “Rules of Engagement,” a romance novel about a brilliant undercover agent and her...
Read moreComing Soon to a Hallowed Hall of Spaceflight: An X-Wing Fighter
The National Air and Space Museum holds some of the most hallowed objects of the aerial age.Visitors can marvel at...
Read moreCan’t Find a Ticket to Frieze? Try a Satellite Fair
If you can’t buy tickets for Frieze at the Shed, you can still attend a satellite fair like “The 11...
Read moreThese Four Stage Directors Know Just What Needs to Change
So the glass is half, or more than half, full for you — is that fair to say?RAFAELI This has...
Read moreA Wide-Roaming and Personal Meditation on Dürer and His Art
Another of the author’s pivots might predict whether you find his approach enchanting or somewhat dizzying: For about 60 pages...
Read moreVira Sathidar, Cultural Figure Who Fought India’s Caste System, Dies at 62
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here.NEW...
Read more3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
Nature MorteThrough May 16. The Hole, 212 Bowery at Bleecker Street, Manhattan, (212) 466-1100, theholenyc.com.For those who find art galleries...
Read more5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Choral Music
In the past, we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we would play to make our friends fall in love...
Read moreHow One Graphic Novel Looks at Anti-Asian Hate
In the new graphic novel “Cyclopedia Exotica,” immigrants with one eye coexist uneasily with their two-eyed neighbors.Members of the cyclops...
Read moreThe Artist Upending Photography’s Brutal Racial Legacy
I’d been curious about the delicate negotiations Lawson makes with her subjects like Ms. Bell ever since I first came...
Read morePublisher to Reissue Stacey Abrams’s First Three Romance Novels
The Democratic organizer Stacey Abrams, often credited with helping flip two Senate seats in Georgia and seen as a likely...
Read moreThe Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in May
Our streaming picks for May, including ‘Puberty Blues,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race: Down Under’ and ‘The Underground Railroad’
Read moreSofia Coppola’s Challenge: To Convey the Feeling of Live Dance
Though she likes ballet, Sofia Coppola doesn’t consider herself an aficionado. Still, when she received an email from the New...
Read moreOlivia Laing’s Latest Subject Is Bodily Integrity
And of course there’s also Reich himself, yet another charismatic individual. Laing convincingly argues that he was more than just...
Read moreA Tennis Pavilion With a Throwback Vibe
In another winking nod to old-school country club culture, just outside the locker room Ms. Viñas installed a mock trophy...
Read moreAlone on a Spaceship, Trying to Save the World
PROJECT HAIL MARYBy Andy WeirIn the years before World War II, a new kind of hero appeared in American science...
Read moreA Design Expert Makes Space for Tools and Memories
This article is part of our latest Design special report, which is about expanding the possibilities of your home.Building your...
Read moreThey Are Their Own Monuments
PHILADELPHIA — In a section of North Philadelphia, near an underpass and up a soaring stoop painted sky blue, Ms....
Read moreMichael Jackson’s Estate Is Winner in Tax Judge’s Ruling
After Michael Jackson died in 2009, at age 50, the executors of his estate began shoring up the shaky finances...
Read moreStream These 13 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in May
On the heels of one of the most unusual and controversial Oscar ceremonies to date, Netflix in the United States...
Read more‘La Bamba’ and the Lives It Changed
When “La Bamba” premiered in the summer of 1987, the expectations for its success were low. The film was based...
Read moreA 140-Year-Old Hemlock Was Lost. Now It Has New Life as Art.
HUDSON, N.Y. — Earlier this year, an ailing 140-year-old hemlock tree died at Olana State Historic Site, the idyllic former...
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