Arts
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New MoMA PS1 Director Resigns
Kate Fowle, who became director of MoMA PS1 in 2019 and barely had the chance to lead the museum as…
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Manhattan’s New Green Space Was J.P. Morgan’s Side Yard
In 1908, an unnamed correspondent for The Times of London wrote the first public account of the two-year-old library of…
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A ‘Strange’ Wind Blowing: Tony Voters Like ‘Loop’ and ‘Lehman’
After a strange year on Broadway, it looks as if it could be a “Strange” night at the Tony Awards.…
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‘The Wire’ in Five Scenes
From its premiere in June 2002 to its final episode in March 2008, “The Wire” told a sweeping story of…
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Ingram Marshall Built and Obscured Monoliths of Sound
I first came to know the composer Ingram Marshall, who died on May 31 at 80, as a campus personality.…
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A Queer Film Historian Discusses Movies That Provoke
Elizabeth Purchell isn’t afraid of “Transexual Menace,” even though she is a transgender woman and the film sounds like the…
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In ‘For All Mankind,’ the Future Is in the Past
Apropos of its title, “For All Mankind” begins with one small step, in a different direction. It’s 1969, and a…
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Review: In ‘Snow in Midsummer,’ It’s Not Just the Forecast That’s Amiss
In the Chinese town of New Harmony, a three-year drought has ravaged the landscape. The lake has evaporated. Ash falls…
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Viewing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children’s Books
In a verdant rural setting, a weathered gray fence separates two girls, one Black, one white. The Black child extends…
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Jodie Comer to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Prima Facie’ Next Spring
Jodie Comer, known for playing the charismatic assassin Villanelle on “Killing Eve,” has received glowing reviews for her West End…