Arts
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Italy Searches for Museum Leaders, With Nationalism in the Air
Last time the top jobs at some of the country’s most prestigious art institutions came up, many went to foreign candidates. This time, that’s unlikely.
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‘Past Lives’ and Lily Gladstone Win Big at the Gotham Awards
The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of “The Unknown Country” (who’s better known for “Killers of the Flower Moon”).
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Robert Battle Had a Wide Vision of What Alvin Ailey Could Be
When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its annual season at New York City Center on Wednesday, it will be missing an important person: Robert Battle, the company’s jovial artistic director. Citing health reasons, Battle, 51, abruptly resigned ...
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The 10 Best Books of 2023
Every year, starting in the spring, we spend months debating the most exceptional books that pass across our desks: the families we grow to love, the narrative nonfiction that carries us away, the fictional universes we can’t forget. It’s all toward ...
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The Good Old Days of Book Publishing, Martinis and All
“Among Friends” is a history of an industry transformed by consolidation and shifting tastes.
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A French Thriller About a Kidfluencer Gone Missing
Delphine de Vigan’s “Kids Run the Show” skewers the phenomenon of parents exposing their children to the world for personal gain.
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Mellon Foundation Doubles Funding for U.S. Monuments, Pledging a Total $500 Million
The philanthropy will add to its ongoing initiative to tell diverse stories with new monuments in public spaces over the next five years.
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At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Artists Run Free
Faheem Majeed, a member of the art collective the Floating Museum and one of the artistic directors of this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, was standing on a patch of soil on the South Side on a brisk, sunny afternoon last month. Next to him ...
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Amid Parthenon Dispute, Sunak Cancels Meeting With Mitsotakis
After the prime minister of Greece called for the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles, his British counterpart abruptly called off their meeting.
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Stephen Colbert Cancels ‘Late Show’ Episodes After Rupturing Appendix
Colbert posted on social media that he was recovering from surgery and unable to host this week.