Arts
-
Review: ‘Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust Road’ Takes the Path Too Well-Traveled
The York Theater Company’s production is enthusiastically performed by a cast of seven. But the nostalgic revue pushes the limits of its case for the songwriter’s music.
-
Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films
Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do, depictions range from shticky to subtle.
-
The Breakout Stars of 2022
Here are the actors, pop stars, dancers and artists who broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.
-
Met Opera’s Website and Box Office Are Back, 9 Days After Cyberattack
Hackers had left the Met, the largest performing arts organization in the United States, unable to sell tickets as it tries to recover from the pandemic.
-
Venice Biennale Names a Brazilian Trailblazer as Its New Curator
Adriano Pedrosa, who turned around São Paulo’s leading art museum, will oversee the 2024 edition of the prestigious Italian art show.
-
Best Art Between the Covers of These Holiday Books
Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Roberta Smith round up their favorite books, from museum catalogs of high-profile shows to photographs by Native artists to the treasures of Ukraine.
-
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel
James Cameron returns to Pandora, and to the ecological themes and visual bedazzlements of his 2009 blockbuster.
-
Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch?
Through a digital performance and gallery show, the painter meticulously creates the persona of an older, acclaimed artist. The hoax has kept the art crowd guessing.
-
Review: Gibney Dances Ohad Naharin, Minus the Inner Drive
The Gibney Company presents Naharin’s “Yag,” but the dancers lack the stage presence to fully inhabit it.
-
Thomas Pynchon, Famously Private, Sells His Archive
The elusive author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “Mason & Dixon” has sold his papers to the Huntington Library. It includes drafts, notes and letters — but sorry, no photographs of him.