Arts
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Harry Smith Was a Culture-Altering Shaman. Can the Whitney Contain Him?
A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also hints at what has been lost.
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When Did the Plot Become the Only Way to Judge a Movie?
At the New York Film Festival, auteurs conjure up moods and sensory experiences that show why the story isn’t always the thing.
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It’s a Woman’s World. We’re All Just Living in It.
Cat Bohannon’s “Eve” is an opinionated clapback against centuries of male-centric evolutionary history.
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At City Ballet, Barbie Basics at the Gala, and a Glittering Revival
New York City Ballet hosted a gala with unfortunate new costumes for Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” But the repertory is what matters, and it’s been dazzling.
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Riccardo Muti Takes a Victory Lap With the Chicago Symphony
The orchestra’s former conductor — now its music director emeritus for life — opened Carnegie Hall’s season with a two-night engagement.
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Review: After Hovering, Steve Reich Brings Back the Pulse
In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.
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Hidden Art: A Rhapsody for the Soul, in 10 City Corners
When I emerge from an art gallery or a museum, the world around me looks different. Leaving the Metropolitan Museum of Art late one afternoon, the color of the sunlight is amplified by my memory of the luminous gold in a peacock’s tail rendered in a ...
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How Light Creates Suspense in ‘The Exorcist: Believer’
The film’s director and co-writer, David Gordon Green, narrates a sequence featuring Leslie Odom Jr. and Lidya Jewett.
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Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley
Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters — moving like a machine’s idea of a human.
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Review: Scream Along With Pussy Riot
In the first major museum retrospective devoted to the Russian art provocateurs, they pump their fists and cause a fuss. They want you to do the same.