Arts
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Laraaji Conjures a Baptism in Sound
The pioneer of ambient music, now 79, rediscovered some of his earliest recordings for a new four-disc set.
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An Artist Puts Kabul in a New Light (With Lipstick and Manicure)
The Afghan-Canadian artist Hangama Amiri fled the Taliban as a child. Her new museum show reclaims space for women with colorful textile works.
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How Uta Barth’s Art Illuminates
In a 40-year retrospective at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the photographer scrutinizes subtle shifts in light and reveals what we see and don’t.
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What an ’80s Feeling: ‘Flashdance’ Turns 40
The film helped bring breaking into the mainstream. Over the years, it also became famous for the subs and doubles of its star, Jennifer Beals.
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Review: No Dudamel Yet, but a Celebration at the Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen led the New York Philharmonic the day after Gustavo Dudamel was named as its next music director.
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A Gorgeous, Dazzling Novel and a Mouthpiece for Human Darkness
OUR SHARE OF NIGHT, by Mariana Enriquez. Translated by Megan McDowell. In the 1970s, the artist Salvador Dalí was commissioned to create a tarot deck for the James Bond film “Live and Let Die.” The deal fell through, but Dalí continued to work on the ...
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Jojo Moyes’s Grandmother Knew a Bookworm When She Saw One
What books are on your night stand? “Shrines of Gaiety,” by Kate Atkinson, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “We Should All Be Feminists,” “The Faber Book of Reportage,” edited by John Carey, and around 30 copies of The New Yorker. What’s the last great ...
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Boring Book Events? Not for Grady Hendrix.
The author of “How to Sell a Haunted House” learned the hard way that standing at the front of a mostly empty bookstore is no fun.
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In ‘You’ Season 4, Joe Goldberg Is No Longer in Control
The Netflix thriller’s latest episodes have its antihero, played by Penn Badgley, on the back foot as he navigates the world of London’s ultrarich.
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Hogwarts Legacy Can’t Cast Aside Debate Over J.K. Rowling
The video game is the latest battleground over the “Harry Potter” author’s controversial comments on transgender issues, with fans and gamers divided over whether they should play it at all.