Arts
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A New Voice in Fiction With a Mean Left Hook
Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel, “Headshot,” spotlights eight boxers in a national tournament and the struggles of their inner lives.
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15 New Books Coming in March
Anita de Monte Laughs Last, by Xochitl Gonzalez Gonzalez’s sophomore novel follows the Cuban artist Anita de Monte, who is forging a career in New York in the ’80s before her unexpected death, and Raquel Toro, a Puerto Rican art history student at a ...
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9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
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Jacqueline Woodson’s Books Leap Off the Page, at BAM
A dance performance of “The Other Side” and a musical adaptation of “Show Way” head to the Brooklyn stage for young audiences.
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Artist Featured in ‘Erotic Carnival’ Ad Campaign Sues Museum of Sex
Julia Sinelnikova says the museum plastered an image of a kiss with a girlfriend all over New York, including on the subways, without seeking consent.
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With Richard Lewis, Kvetching Was Charismatic
The comedian gave his Jewish neurotic persona a nervy cool even as he threw his whole body into his comedy.
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In Art, Migrants Weave Memories of Their Great Escape
At Apexart, an exhibition by Venezuelan migrants offers “a chance to be a part of something again, to return to a community.”
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Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Turandot’ Returns With a Strong Debut
In a revival of Franco Zeffirelli’s lavish production, the conductor Oksana Lyniv led a performance that transcended the gilded stage dressing.
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What John Singer Sargent Saw
At a retrospective of his portraits in London, where the American expatriate fled after creating a scandal in Paris, clothes offer both armor and self-expression.
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Land Art Comes Indoors as Dia Highlights Meg Webster
Nine sculptures exhibited at Dia Beacon from soil, beeswax, moss and other outdoor elements, date from Webster’s breakout period of 1986 to 1990.