Arts
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Beyoncé Announces New Album in Super Bowl Commercial
The pop superstar used a Verizon ad to tell fans fresh music is on the way. A country-themed follow-up to “Renaissance,” which she referred to as “Act II,” will arrive on March 29.
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Quietly, After a $4 Million Fee, MoMA Returns a Chagall With a Nazi Taint
The museum returned the painting three years ago to the heirs of a gallery once led by a German Jew. But one heir called the payment to MoMA included in the deal “unreasonable.”
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When the Voice You Hear Is Not the Actor You See
The playwright Lucas Hnath has been making magic with the sound of speech. Now he’s directing a play by Mona Pirnot, his wife, in which a computer speaks her words.
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How GKids Became the A24 of Animation
The small distributor has outsize influence because it handles Studio Ghibli films in the United States. Its titles have earned 13 Oscar nods.
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Seeking to Restore a Reputation, Gallery Shows Last Works by Chuck Close
The artist’s longtime gallerist, Arne Glimcher, has organized an exhibition of the artist’s final portraits at Pace, opening Feb. 22.
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Kelly Link Returns with a Dreamlike, Profoundly Beautiful Novel
In “The Book of Love,” the Pulitzer finalist and master of short stories pushes our understanding of what a fantasy novel can be.
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What Was The Village Voice?
“The Freaks Came Out to Write” is an oral history of America’s most important alternative weekly.
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The Deadly Business of Restricting Immigration
In “Brought Forth on This Continent” and “The Last Ships From Hamburg,” people fleeing violence and famine meet resistance in the United States.
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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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All the Super Bowl Ads So Far, Ranked
Here is our ranking of the Super Bowl commercials we have been able to track down ahead of the big game.