Arts
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Conjuring Mary Shelley’s Outrageous Imagination
A Dutch novelist envisions the creation of “Frankenstein,” Shelley’s most famous work.
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Allegra Kent Conjures ‘Messages From the Air, the Atmosphere’
The iridescent Balanchine ballerina returns to New York City Ballet this season to coach for “La Sonnambula.” What does she want? Mystery.
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A Brooklyn Artist Interrogates N.Y.P.D. Surveillance Films
Kameron Neal, an artist in residence with New York City’s Department of Records, was struck by the power dynamics between the watchers and the watched.
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Notebook and Pen in Hand, a Swiftie Watches the N.F.L. and Learns
As two of America’s biggest fandoms collide, the pop star’s biggest fans are studying up and cheering along.
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Met Museum’s Great Hall Store to Become Gallery
A renovation will create more exhibition space for the popular Costume Institute show as well as a new store and restaurant at the plaza level.
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film Coming to Movie Theaters
The singer’s blockbuster tour ended over the weekend without the release of a visual component. But a “Renaissance” film will be released in December, she announced on Monday.
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The Most Important Eight Hours of Your Day? They Weren’t Always.
Kenneth Miller’s “Mapping the Darkness” takes on the turbulent study of sleeping, its heroes and villains and its ongoing fight for respect.
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A Fitting — and Frightening — Homage to ‘The Haunting of Hill House’
A HAUNTING ON THE HILL, by Elizabeth Hand As Holly, the protagonist of Elizabeth Hand’s “A Haunting on the Hill,” approaches an imposing, deserted mansion tucked off a remote country road, she drives past a tree stump that’s “choked with poison ivy ...
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Ferrante Before Ferrante
Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.
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The Deadly Red Tape of Israel’s Occupation in Palestine
In “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama,” Nathan Thrall untangles the political and personal story of a bus crash on the outskirts of Jerusalem.