Arts
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Blue-Chip Art From Bitter Macklowe Divorce Brings $676 Million at Sotheby’s
The divorcing billionaire and his wife fought over it. Auction houses fought over it. And on Monday night, bidders fought over it. An impressive ...
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Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory
“A record label didn’t pick this song as a single,” Taylor Swift told an enraptured audience Friday afternoon in Manhattan, where a few hundred ...
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First Asian American Muppet Arrives on ‘Sesame Street’
“Sesame Street” is welcoming its first Asian American muppet to the neighborhood. Ji-Young, a Korean American 7-year-old who loves playing her ...
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‘Insecure’ Recap, Season 5 Episode 4: The Earth Moves
Season 5 Episode 4: ‘Faulty, Okay?!’ Nathan, Nathan, Nathan. There’s a lot we still don’t know about Nathan but we know that Issa likes him, or ...
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Twyla Tharp: ‘Each One of the Dances Is My Hope for a Perfect World’
During the pandemic, Twyla Tharp did what most choreographers did: She worked on Zoom. A lot. “The whole time, I was wondering, well, when are we ...
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The Art of Botox
Last spring, Botox rolled out a series of ads directed by the filmmaker Errol Morris. Styled like very short documentary films, the ads featured ...
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If Remote Work Empties Downtowns, Can Theaters Fill Their Seats?
SAN FRANCISCO — As live performance finally returns after the pandemic shutdown, cultural institutions are confronting a long list of unknowns ...
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‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Pursues an Awkward Education
The title of “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” a new comedy that begins its first term Nov. 18 on HBO Max, is a work of clickbait-and-switch. It ...
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Review: This Revival of Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Misses Its Mark
The one reliably blood-chilling moment in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s “Assassins” comes courtesy of a killer who is, at best, a footnote ...
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The Art of Botox
Last spring, Botox rolled out a series of ads directed by the filmmaker Errol Morris. Styled like very short documentary films, the ads featured ...