Arts
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We, the Writers? A Global Literary Congress Meets in New York
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has evoked a back-to-the-future Cold War frisson, in culture as much as politics. So, as…
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Review: After 36 Years, a Malcolm X Opera Sings to the Future
DETROIT — “When a man is lost,” sings Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, “does the sky bleed for him, or…
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Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera
An opera composer would need the epic gifts and epic gall of a Richard Wagner to consider an adaptation of…
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How Hollywood and the Media Fueled the Political Rise of J.D. Vance
Members of New York’s smart set gathered on a warm Thursday evening in the early summer of 2016 at the…
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‘S.N.L.’ Takes on the Trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
After a particularly challenging week of news events, “Saturday Night Live” took refuge in the defamation trial between Johnny Depp…
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Dinosaur Skeleton Sells for $12.4 Million at Christie’s
It may not be a Matisse, or a Warhol, but this multimillion-dollar sale at Christie’s comes from the hand of…
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A Guide to Eurovision 2022
LONDON — The Eurovision Song Contest started in 1956 as a friendly music competition between public service television broadcasters and…
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Fighting Forgetting, With a Venice Biennale Win
LONDON — Sonia Boyce is used to breaking down walls. Last month, she became the first Black female artist to…
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Naomi Judd Died of a Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Her Daughter Says
When Naomi Judd, the Grammy-winning country music singer, died last month, her daughter Ashley Judd said that she had lost…
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A Singular American Painter and His Perennially Disregarded Wife
HARTFORD, Conn. — There has always been a certain fluidity in our appreciation of the American modernist maverick Milton Avery…