Arts
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Faith Ringgold Mural at Rikers Island to Move to Brooklyn Museum
In 2019, the painter Faith Ringgold traveled to Rikers Island so that she could see how her first public art…
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New Research Tracks Ancient Artifacts Looted by the Nazis
When the Nazis invaded Greece in 1941, Julius Ringel, a major general in the German army, took an active role…
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Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time)
On a recent morning, Janis Ian spoke expansively from her work space in Florida about a 50-year career marked by…
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Melanie Lynskey on That Chilling ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale
This interview contains major spoilers from the season finale of “Yellowjackets.” Melanie Lynskey and I are going to talk about…
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Now Is the Winter of Broadway’s Discontent
The reopening of Broadway last summer, following the longest shutdown in history, provided a jolt of energy to a city…
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Review: Reveling in Live Dance at Japan Society
Japan Society’s contemporary dance festival, an annual event that samples recent works from several East Asian countries, skipped last year,…
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The Much-Vaunted American Melting Pot, Cracks and All
The United States has a vexed relationship with immigration. A core narrative of our country is that it is a…
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On ‘S.N.L.,’ Biden Urges Covid-Weary Nation to Stop Seeing ‘Spider-Man’
Spider-Man just finished saving the very fabric of reality, but to hear President Biden tell it — at least on…
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Review: A Pianist Makes Carnegie Hall His Home
When the pianist Igor Levit streamed dozens of performances from his apartment in Berlin during the first pandemic lockdown in…
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FKA twigs Seeks Angelic Intervention, and 10 More New Songs
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new songs and videos.…